Evidence of the Eldgjá (Iceland) eruption in the GISP2 Greenland ice core: relationship to eruption processes and climatic conditions in the tenth century

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Zielinski, Gregory A., Germani, Mark S., Larsen, Gudrún, Baillie, Michael G.L., Whitlow, Sallie, Twickler, Mark S., Taylor, Kendrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1995
• Subjects: Eldgjá; Greenland; Laki; Greenland ice core; ice core; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500201; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369500500201

Glaciochemical studies and the evaluation of tephra in the GISP2 ice core provide information on the characteristics and potential environmental and climatic effects of the mid- to late AD 930s voluminous fissure eruption of Eldgjá, Iceland. The similarity in the chemical composition of basaltic gla...