Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD

Ulf Büntgen,Vladimir S. Myglan,Frederik Chaprentier Ljungqvist,Michael McCormick,Nicola Di Cosmo,Michael Sigl,Johann H. Jungclaus,Sebastian Wagner,Paul J. Krusic,Jan Esper,Jed O. Kaplan,Michiel de Vaan,Jürg Luterbacher,Lukas Wacker,Willy Tegel,Alexander V. Kirdyanov

Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD

2016

Ulf Büntgen
Vladimir S. Myglan
Frederik Chaprentier Ljungqvist
Michael McCormick
Nicola Di Cosmo
Michael Sigl
Johann H. Jungclaus
Sebastian Wagner
Paul J. Krusic
Jan Esper
Jed O. Kaplan
Michiel de Vaan
Jürg Luterbacher
Lukas Wacker
Willy Tegel
Alexander V. Kirdyanov

Societal upheaval occurred across Eurasia in the sixth and seventh centuries. Tree-ring reconstructions suggest a period of pronounced cooling during this time associated with several volcanic eruptions.

Keywords:

Climatology
Antique
Ice age
Geology
Geomorphology
Volcano
Social change
Physical geography
little ice age

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