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Authors: |
Yasuda, Yoshinori
Nasu, Hiroo
Fujiki, Toshiyuki
Yamada, Kazuyoshi
Kitagawa, Junko
Gotanda, Katsuya
Toyama, Shuichi
Okuno, Mitsuru
Mori, Yuichi
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Title: |
Climate deterioration and Angkor's demise
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Date: |
2013
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Source: |
Water civilization: from Yangtze to Khmer civilizations
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Place of Publication: |
Tokyo
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Publisher: |
Springer
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Abstract: |
Reconstruction of the paleoclimate based on analyses of annually laminated sediments in Japan and moat sediments from Angkor Thom in Cambodia indicates that there had been a period of drastic cooling during AD 1430-1500 accompanied by a weakening of monsoon activity. The annual mean temperatures show thatcompared to the peak of medieval warm epoch around AD 1150the mean temperature dropped bu nearly 5°C in AD 1430. The climate cooling brought about the weakening of the summer monsoon, which in turn would have resulted in the delayed arrival of the wet season. This might have had a catastrophic impact on rice cultivation in Cambodia leading to the decline of the Khmer civilization.
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Date Created: |
3/5/2014
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Editors: |
Yasuda, Yoshinori
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Series Editor: |
Nüsser, Marcus
South Asia Institute University of Heidelberg Germany
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Series Title: |
Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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