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; M. Vidal, Céline; , Surono; Pratomo, Indyo; Wassmer, Patrick; Hajdas, Irka; Sri Hadmoko, Danang; de Belizal, Edouard

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

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Authors:

Franck Lavigne

Jean-Philippe Degeai

Jean-Christophe Komorowski

Abstract

Significance Based on ice core archives of sulfate and tephra deposition, one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the historic period and of the past 7,000 y occurred in A.D. 1257. However the source of this “mystery eruption” remained unknown. Drawing on a robust body of new evidence from radiocar...

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