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- Authors
- Ruddiman, W. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ruddiman, William F.
- Venue
- Climatic Change
- Published
- 2003-12
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 261-293
- ISSN
- 0165-0009 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-1480
- OpenAlex
- W2139562946
- Semantic Scholar
- 83a526a6d579874795e7852a395c3e44637efead
- Cited by
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- 62
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- FWCI
- 39.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
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- Climatic Change (publishedVersion)
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- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Keywords
- anthropogenic greenhouse effect, atmospheric CO2, methane, Holocene, ancient agriculture, forest clearing, rice irrigation, Little Ice Age, bubonic plague, farm abandonment, forest regeneration, carbon sequestration, orbital forcing, paleoclimate, Industrial Revolution, global warming
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