Climate response to the Samalas volcanic eruption in 1257 revealed by proxy records

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23 mai 2017

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celiaeschst, « Climate response to the Samalas volcanic eruption in 1257 revealed by proxy records », AFEQ CNF-INQUA, ID : 10670/1.l8jj2g


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The eruption of Samalas in Indonesia in 1257 ranks among the largest sulfur-rich eruptions of the Common Era with sulfur deposition in ice cores reaching twice the volume of the Tambora eruption in 1815. Sedimentological analyses of deposits confirm the exceptional size of the event, which had both an eruption magnitude and a  7 volcanic explosivity index. During the Samalas eruption, more than 40 km3 of dense magma was expelled and the eruption column is estimated to have reached altitudes ...

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