Synchronous deposition of volcanic ash and sulfate aerosols over Greenland in 1783 from the Laki eruption (Iceland)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Wei, Lijia ^a,b   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^a,b   Gabrielli, Paolo ^a,b   Thompsn, Lonnie G ^a,b   Barbante, Carlo ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC RESIDENCE TIMES; CLIMATIC IMPACTS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE CORES; HIGH TEMPORALS; ICE CORES; ICELAND; LOWER STRATOSPHERES; SULFATE AEROSOLS; SULFATE DEPOSITIONS; TIME SCALES; VOLCANIC ASHES; VOLCANIC EMISSIONS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEPOSITION; ICE CORE; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 56449093905     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035117     Document Type: Article

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