Dendrochronology raises questions about the nature of the AD 536 dust-veil event
New evidence is presented which shows the response of a wide grid of tree-ring chronologies to the dust-veil of AD 536, the effects of which were historically recorded in the Mediterranean and eastern Asia. The tree-ring evidence, particularly that from European oaks (Quercus), shows a two-stage res...
| Published in: | The Holocene |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
1994
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369400400211 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369400400211 |
| Summary: | New evidence is presented which shows the response of a wide grid of tree-ring chronologies to the dust-veil of AD 536, the effects of which were historically recorded in the Mediterranean and eastern Asia. The tree-ring evidence, particularly that from European oaks (Quercus), shows a two-stage response which raises questions about whether only a single massive eruption was involved. The observations from precisely dated tree-ring series set the agenda for the interpretation of forthcoming ice-core evidence across the AD 530s and 540s. |
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