A Scottish speleothem record of the H-3 eruption or human impact? A comment on Baker, Smart, Barnes, Edwards and Farrant

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Dugmore, Andrew J., Coles, Geriant M., Buckland, Paul C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1999
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Sutherland; Hekla
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/095968399671080578; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1191/095968399671080578

Studies of a stalagmite sample from Sutherland, Scotland, have identified a period of enhanced growth that lasted for four years and has been dated to 1135 ± 130 BC (Baker et al., 1995). This episode is unique within this sample and has not been observed elsewhere. The authors correlate it with the...