One Drought and One Volcanic Eruption Influenced the History of China: The Late Ming Dynasty Mega‐drought

Chen, Kefan; Ning, Liang; Liu, Zhengyu; Liu, Jian; Yan, Mi; Sun, Weiyi; Yuan, Linwang; Lv, Guonian; Li, Longhui; Jin, Chunhan; Shi, Zhengguo

doi:10.1029/2020gl088124

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One Drought and One Volcanic Eruption Influenced the History of China: The Late Ming Dynasty Mega‐drought

Published in Geophysical Research Letters • Aug 21, 2020

Authors:

Kefan Chen

Liang Ning

Zhengyu Liu

Abstract

Abstract The late Ming Dynasty Megadrought (LMDMD) (1637–1643) occurred at the end of Ming Dynasty and is the severest drought event in China in the last millennium. This unprecedented drought contributed significantly to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in 1644, casting profound impacts on Chinese ...

Subject

Volcano

Paleoclimatology

Geology

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