Sulfur isotope evidence of little or no stratospheric impact by the 1783 Laki volcanic eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lanciki, Alyson ^a   Cole Dai, Jihong ^b   Thiemens, Mark H ^c   Savarino, Jol ^a  

^a VERIMAG   (France)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; DIRECT INJECTION; ISOTOPES; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; CLIMATIC IMPACT; COLD WINTER; GREENLAND; ICE CORE; ICELANDS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RESIDENCE TIME; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; SURFACE COOLING; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FISSURE; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ICELAND; LAKI; SUMMIT;

EID: 84855615122     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050075     Document Type: Review

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