# Kaniewski 2019: Cold and dry outbreaks in the eastern Mediterranean 3200 years ago

> David Kaniewski, Nick Marriner, Rachid Cheddadi et al., 2019. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The magnitude estimate for the low-frequency…

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# Cold and dry outbreaks in the eastern Mediterranean 3200 years ago

David Kaniewski, Nick Marriner, Rachid Cheddadi et al., 2019. _Geology 47(10), 933–937_.

Quantifies a 300-year dry, cool period starting about 3200 years ago in coastal Syria, with mean annual temperature anomalies of −2.3 to −4.8 °C and a 40% fall in winter rain.

**Late Bronze Age collapse** Articledoi: **[10.1130/G46491.1](https://doi.org/10.1130/G46491.1)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The magnitude estimate for the low-frequency climate shift.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[A regional shift to drier, cooler conditions lasting about three centuries.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D4650ZP6A2T/a-regional-shift-to-drier-cooler-conditions-lasting-about)

Answer

ANS

[Coastal Syria shows a 300-year cool, dry period from about 3200 years ago with winter rain down about 40%.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464PZC60MR/coastal-syria-shows-a-300-year-cool-dry-period-from-about)

Evidence

EVD

[Coastal Syria, Cyprus and the Sea of Galilee all record a dry phase.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D46517G233F/coastal-syria-cyprus-and-the-sea-of-galilee-all-record-a-dry)

Evidence

EVD

[About 300 years of drier and cooler climate in coastal Syria](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/events/EVT0D464M9E7F1C/about-300-years-of-drier-and-cooler-climate-in-coastal-syria)

EVT

[The Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)

The mystery article

MYS

[How severe and how widespread was the climate change around 1200 BC?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464NRA16TQ/how-severe-and-how-widespread-was-the-climate-change-around)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Kaniewski, D., Marriner, N., Cheddadi, R., Morhange, C., Bretschneider, J., Jans, G., Otto, T., Luce, F., & Van Campo, E. (2019). Cold and dry outbreaks in the eastern Mediterranean 3200 years ago. Geology 47(10), 933–937. https://doi.org/10.1130/G46491.1
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1130/G46491.1)

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