Dominik Fleitmann Explained

Dominik Fleitmann is professor of Quaternary Geology at the University of Basel.^[1] Fleitmann primarily researches palaeoclimatology using stalagmites collected from caves in the Middle East and has also linked these records to societal impacts using archaeological and historical evidence.^{[2] [3] [4]}

According to Fleitmann, his research into stalagmites found in modern-day Saudi Arabia demonstrates a link between rainfall and human migration from the region, and a correlation between a period of severe drought and the collapse of the Kingdom of Himyar.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof. Dominik Fleitmann Departement Umweltwissenschaften . 2023-03-21 . duw.unibas.ch.
2. Nicholson . Samuel Luke . Jacobson . Matthew J. . Hosfield . Rob . Fleitmann . Dominik . 2021 . The Stalagmite Record of Southern Arabia: Climatic Extremes, Human Evolution and Societal Development . Frontiers in Earth Science . 9 . 1169 . 10.3389/feart.2021.749488 . 2296-6463 . free . 2021FrEaS...9.1169N .
3. Fleitmann . Dominik . Haldon . John . Bradley . Raymond S. . Burns . Stephen J. . Cheng . Hai . Edwards . R. Lawrence . Raible . Christoph C. . Jacobson . Matthew . Matter . Albert . 2022-06-17 . Droughts and societal change: The environmental context for the emergence of Islam in late Antique Arabia . Science . en . 376 . 6599 . 1317–1321 . 10.1126/science.abg4044 . 35709263 . 2022Sci...376.1317F . 249747667 . 0036-8075.
4. Jacobson . Matthew J. . Pickett . Jordan . Gascoigne . Alison L. . Fleitmann . Dominik . Elton . Hugh . 2022-06-27 . Zerboni . Andrea . Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity . PLOS ONE . en . 17 . 6 . e0270295 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0270295 . 1932-6203 . 9236232 . 35759500 . free . 2022PLoSO..1770295J .
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9trO4aLaOG8 The role of water in ancient civilisations.
6. Fleitmann . Dominik . Haldon . John . Bradley . Raymond S. . Burns . Stephen J. . Cheng . Hai . Edwards . R. Lawrence . Raible . Christoph C. . Jacobson . Matthew . Matter . Albert . 2022-06-17 . Droughts and societal change: The environmental context for the emergence of Islam in late Antique Arabia . Science . en . 376 . 6599 . 1317–1321 . 10.1126/science.abg4044 . 35709263 . 2022Sci...376.1317F . 249747667 . 0036-8075.