Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances

1990/04/01 by John S. Vogel, J. S. Vogel, Winton Cornell +5 · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Climatology #Dendrochronology #Explosive eruption #Geochemistry #Geography #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Ice core #Magma #Paleontology #Physical geography #Volcano

paper · doi:10.1038/344534a0

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Citations

• Historic Eruptions of Tambora (1815), Krakatau (1883), and Agung (1963), their Stratospheric Aerosols, and Climatic Impact
• Radiocarbon Dating of Pollen by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• Discussion Reporting of 14C Data

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• The Avellino 3780-yr-B.P. catastrophe as a worst-case scenario for a future eruption at Vesuvius
• Apulian Bronze Age pottery as a long-distance indicator of the Avellino Pumice eruption (Vesuvius, Italy)
• Avellino eruption [wikipedia]