Outburst flood at 1920 BCE supports historicity of China's Great Flood and the Xia dynasty
Outburst flood at 1920 BCE supports historicity of China's Great Flood and the Xia dynasty
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Wu, Qinglong , Zhao, Zhijun , Liu, Li , Granger, Darryl E. , Wang, Hui , Cohen, David J. , Wu, Xiaohong , Ye, Maolin , Bar-Yosef, Ofer , Lu, Bin , Zhang, Jin , Zhang, Peizhen , Yuan, Daoyang , Qi, Wuyun , Cai, Linhai and Bai, Shibiao
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United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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English
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United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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China's historiographical traditions tell of the successful control of a Great Flood leading to the establishment of the Xia dynasty and the beginning of civilization. However, the historicity of the flood and Xia remain controversial. Here, we reconstruct an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood on the Yellow River about 1920 BCE that ra...
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Outburst flood at 1920 BCE supports historicity of China's Great Flood and the Xia dynasty
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1835680146
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1835680146
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.aaf0842
