Regional warming of the lower atmosphere in the wake of volcanic eruptions: the role of the Laki fissure eruption in the hot summer of 1783

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 161, Issue , 1999, Pages 161-171

  Grattan, John ^a   Sadler, Jon ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

ICELAND;

EID: 0033396654     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.161.01.11     Document Type: Article

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