Potential atmospheric impact of the Toba mega-eruption ∼71,000 years ago

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 837-840

  Zielinski, G A ^a   Mayewski, P A ^a   Meeker, L D ^a   Whitlow, S ^a   Twickler, M S ^a   Taylor, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATOLOGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES; AEROSOLS;

TOBA MEGAERUPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL DEPOSITION; ICE CORE RECORD; QUATERNARY; SULPHATE AEROSOL; VOLCANIC EMISSION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WINTER;

GREENLAND, SUMMIT; INDONESIA, SUMATRA, TOBA;

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC IMPACT; ATMOSPHERIC LOADING; CLIMATIC IMPACT; ENHANCED COOLING; GLACIAL PERIOD; ICE CORE;

EID: 0029769775     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00706     Document Type: Article

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