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Science 28 October 1983:
Vol. 222. no. 4622, pp. 411 - 413
DOI: 10.1126/science.222.4622.411
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Historic Volcanism, European Dry Fogs, and Greenland Acid Precipitation, 1500 B.C. to A.D. 1500

RICHARD B. STOTHERS 1 and MICHAEL R. RAMPINO 1

1 NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York 10025

Historic dry fogs in Europe, acid precipitation in Greenland, and major explosive volcanic eruptions correlate well with each other between 1500 B.C. and A.D. 1500. European (Mediterranean and Icelandic) volcanic eruptions appear to be the source of at least five of the nine largest acidity signals found in Greenland ice for this period. Between 152 B.C. and A.D. 43, eruptions of sulfur-rich Mount Etna probably supplied about 15 percent of the smaller acidity signals.

Submitted on September 2, 1982
Revised on February 10, 1983


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