Atmospheric and environmental effects of the 1783-1784 Laki eruption: A review and reassessment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Thordarson, Thorvaldur ^a,b   Self, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 0037770542     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd002042     Document Type: Article

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