THERA, SULPHUR, and CLIMATIC ANOMALIES
Summary: A major climatic ‘event’is known from the 17th century BC, and some scientists and archaeologists have sought to associate it with the large Late Bronze Age eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean. Sulphur production is the key to the climatic impact of a volcanic eruption, and petrolog...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1992.tb00269.x 2023-12-03T10:23:31+01:00 THERA, SULPHUR, and CLIMATIC ANOMALIES MANNING, STURT W. 1992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.1992.tb00269.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1468-0092.1992.tb00269.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1468-0092.1992.tb00269.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Oxford Journal of Archaeology volume 11, issue 3, page 245-253 ISSN 0262-5253 1468-0092 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Archeology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1992 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.1992.tb00269.x 2023-11-09T14:08:40Z Summary: A major climatic ‘event’is known from the 17th century BC, and some scientists and archaeologists have sought to associate it with the large Late Bronze Age eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean. Sulphur production is the key to the climatic impact of a volcanic eruption, and petrologic estimates of the sulphur production of the Thera eruption appeared to show that it was far too small to have caused the climatic event, and, in particular, the 17th century BC sulphuric acid spike in a Greenland ice‐core. However, study of recent eruptions demonstrates that petrologic estimates can be very significant under‐estimations, and so the Theran sulphur production may have been much greater than presently thought. Therefore Thera is again a candidate as the cause of the 17th century BC climatic disturbances, and, from current chronometric evidence, perhaps the best candidate. Further multi‐parameter chronometric research could very soon enable possibilities and probabilities to become more definite. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Greenland ice core ice core Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Greenland Oxford Journal of Archaeology 11 3 245 253 |
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Summary: A major climatic ‘event’is known from the 17th century BC, and some scientists and archaeologists have sought to associate it with the large Late Bronze Age eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean. Sulphur production is the key to the climatic impact of a volcanic eruption, and petrologic estimates of the sulphur production of the Thera eruption appeared to show that it was far too small to have caused the climatic event, and, in particular, the 17th century BC sulphuric acid spike in a Greenland ice‐core. However, study of recent eruptions demonstrates that petrologic estimates can be very significant under‐estimations, and so the Theran sulphur production may have been much greater than presently thought. Therefore Thera is again a candidate as the cause of the 17th century BC climatic disturbances, and, from current chronometric evidence, perhaps the best candidate. Further multi‐parameter chronometric research could very soon enable possibilities and probabilities to become more definite. |
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THERA, SULPHUR, and CLIMATIC ANOMALIES |
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THERA, SULPHUR, and CLIMATIC ANOMALIES |
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THERA, SULPHUR, and CLIMATIC ANOMALIES |
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