Depletion of atmospheric nitrate and chloride as a consequence of the Toba volcanic eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2513-2516

  Yang, Q ^a   Mayewski, P A ^a   Zielinski, G A ^a   Twickler, M ^a   Taylor, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; HISTORY; NITRATES; VOLCANOES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC NITRATE AND CHLORIDE; MEGA-ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ICE;

CHLORIDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GISP2; ICE CORE; NITRATE; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY VOLCANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

INDONESIA, SUMATRA, TOBA;

ATMOSPHERIC NITRATES; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ICE CORE RECORDS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC SO;

EID: 0030232722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02201     Document Type: Article

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