Modelling massive sulphate aerosol pollution, following the large 1783 Laki basaltic eruption

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 721-731

  Chenet, Anne Lise ^a   Fluteau, Frédéric ^a   Courtillot, Vincent ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; Environmental impact; Laki; Sulphate aerosols

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ERUPTION; CLIMATE MODELLING; SULPHATE AEROSOL POLLUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BASALT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SULFATE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24344448310     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.046     Document Type: Article

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