The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

M Bini, G Zanchetta, A Perşoiu, R Cartier… - Climate of the …, 2019 - cp.copernicus.org
The Mediterranean region and the Levant have returned some of the clearest evidence of a
climatically dry period occurring around 4200 years ago. However, some regional evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Sequence of events from the onset to the demise of the Last Interglacial: Evaluating strengths and limitations of chronologies used in climatic archives

A Govin, É Capron, PC Tzedakis, S Verheyden… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Last Interglacial (LIG) represents an invaluable case study to investigate the
response of components of the Earth system to global warming. However, the scarcity of …

Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A critical comparison of climatic, environmental, and archaeological evidence for radical change during the bronze age–iron age …

B Molloy - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2023 - Springer
The globalizing connections that defined the European Bronze Age in the second
millennium BC either ended or abruptly changed in the decades around 1200 BC. The …

The so-called “4.2 event” in the central Mediterranean and its climatic teleconnections

G Zanchetta, E Regattieri, I Isola… - Alpine and …, 2016 - amq.aiqua.it
High-resolution isotopic analyses were performed on RL4 flowstone from Renella Cave
(Alpi Apuane, central Italy), a speleothem studied previously at low resolution. The new data …

The timing, two-pulsed nature, and variable climatic expression of the 4.2 ka event: A review and new high-resolution stalagmite data from Namibia

LB Railsback, F Liang, GA Brook… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The climatic event between 4.2 and 3.9 ka BP known as the “4.2 ka event” is commonly
considered to be a synchronous global drought that happened as one pulse. However …

[HTML][HTML] The 4.2 ka BP event in the Levant

D Kaniewski, N Marriner, R Cheddadi, J Guiot… - Climate of the …, 2018 - cp.copernicus.org
The 4.2 ka BP event is defined as a phase of environmental stress characterized by severe
and prolonged drought of global extent. The event is recorded from the North Atlantic …

Tracking westerly wind directions over Europe since the middle Holocene

HM Hu, V Trouet, C Spötl, HC Tsai, WY Chien… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The variability of the northern westerlies has been considered as one of the key elements for
modern and past climate evolution. Their multiscale behavior and underlying control …

Recurring summer and winter droughts from 4.2-3.97 thousand years ago in north India

A Giesche, DA Hodell, CA Petrie, GH Haug… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The 4.2-kiloyear event has been described as a global megadrought that
transformed multiple Bronze Age complex societies, including the Indus Civilization, located …

Atmospheric blocking induced by the strengthened Siberian High led to drying in west Asia during the 4.2 ka BP event–a hypothesis

A Perşoiu, M Ionita, H Weiss - Climate of the Past, 2019 - cp.copernicus.org
Causal explanations for the 4.2 ka BP event are based on the amalgamation of seasonal
and annual records of climate variability that was manifest across global regions dominated …

Multicentennial cycles in continental demography synchronous with solar activity and climate stability

KW Wirtz, N Antunes, A Diachenko, J Laabs… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human population dynamics and their drivers are not well understood, especially over the
long term and on large scales. Here, we estimate demographic growth trajectories from 9 to …