Atmospheric aerosol loading and transport due to the 1783-84 Laki Eruption in Iceland, interpreted from ash particles and acidity in the GISP2 ice core

Quaternary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 231-240

  Fiacco, R Joseph ^a   Thordarson, Thorvaldur ^b   Germani, Mark S ^c   Self, Stephen ^b   Palais, Julie M ^a,d   Whitlow, Sallie ^a   Grootes, Peter M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c National Science Foundation ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AEROSOL SULPHATE; ASH PARTICLE; ICE CORE; LAKI ERUPTION;

ICELAND;

EID: 0028564299     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1994.1074     Document Type: Article

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