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Science 13 May 1994:
Vol. 264. no. 5161, pp. 948 - 952
DOI: 10.1126/science.264.5161.948
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Record of Volcanism Since 7000 B.C. from the GISP2 Greenland Ice Core and Implications for the Volcano-Climate System

G. A. Zielinski 1, P. A. Mayewski 1, L. D. Meeker 1, S. Whitlow 1, M. S. Twickler 1, M. Morrison 1, D. A. Meese 2, A. J. Gow 2, and R. B. Alley 3

1 Glacier Research Group, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
2 Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
3 Earth Systems Science Center and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

Sulfate concentrations from continuous biyearly sampling of the GISP2 Greenland ice core provide a record of potential climate-forcing volcanism since 7000 B.C. Although 85 percent of the events recorded over the last 2000 years were matched to documented volcanic eruptions, only about 30 percent of the events from 1 to 7000 B.C. were matched to such events. Several historic eruptions may have been greater sulfur producers than previously thought. There are three times as many events from 5000 to 7000 B.C. as over the last two millennia with sulfate deposition equal to or up to five times that of the largest known historical eruptions. This increased volcanism in the early Holocene may have contributed to climatic cooling.

Submitted on December 20, 1993
Accepted on March 15, 1994


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