New ice core evidence for a volcanic cause of the A.D. 536 dust veil

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Larsen, L B ^a   Vinther, B M ^a,b   Briffa, K R ^b   Melvin, T M ^b   Clausen, H B ^a   Jones, P D ^b   Siggaard Andersen, M L ^a   Hammer, C U ^a   Eronen, M ^c   Grudd, H ^d   Gunnarson, B E ^d   Hantemirov, R M ^e   Naurzbaev, M M ^f,g   Nicolussi, K ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^g SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

DUST VEIL; HEMISPHERE; ICE CORE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

COOLING; DUST; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SULFATE; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 44249114871     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032450     Document Type: Article

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