Collapse of Classic Maya Civilization Related to Modest Reduction in Precipitation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Collapse of Classic Maya Civilization Related to Modest Reduction in Precipitation

Published:2012-02-24 Issue:6071 Volume:335 Page:956-959
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
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Author:

Medina-Elizalde Martín¹,Rohling Eelco J.¹

Affiliation:

1. National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Abstract

How Dry They Were How much rainfall failure contributed to the disintegration of classical Maya civilization? Medina-Elizalde and Rohling (p. 956 ) analyzed records from three lakes and a stalagmite from the Yucatán Peninsula to quantify the change in precipitation that the region experienced between 800 to 1000 years A.D. Precipitation decreased episodically for up to a decade at a time and in total by as much as 40% during the 200 years of the civilization's fall, probably as a result of a reduction in summer tropical storm rainfall. This finding highlights the sensitivity of this region to modest reductions of rainfall that are projected by some climate model.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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