Source of the great A.D. 1257 mystery eruption unveiled, Samalas volcano, Rinjani Volcanic Complex, Indonesia

Lavigne, Franck; Degeai, Jean‐Philippe; Komorowski, Jean‐Christophe; Guillet, Sébastien; Robert, Vincent; Lahitte, Pierre; Oppenheimer, Clive; Stoffel, Markus; Vidal, Céline; Surono, Surono; Pratomo, Indyo; Wassmer, Patrick; Hajdas, Irka; Sri Hadmoko, Danang; de Bélizal, Édouard

doi:10.1073/pnas.1307520110

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Source of the great A.D. 1257 mystery eruption unveiled, Samalas volcano, Rinjani Volcanic Complex, Indonesia

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Sep 30, 2013

Authors:

Franck Lavigne

Jean‐Philippe Degeai

Jean‐Christophe Komorowski

Abstract

Polar ice core records attest to a colossal volcanic eruption that took place ca. A.D. 1257 or 1258, most probably in the tropics. Estimates based on sulfate deposition in these records suggest that it yielded the largest volcanic sulfur release to the stratosphere of the past 7,000 y. Tree rings, m...

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Volcano

Geology

Seismology

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