Acid damage to vegetation following the Laki fissure eruption in 1783-- an historical review

• Main Authors: J. P. Grattan A, F. B. Pyatt *b
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Laki; Acid damage; Vegetation; Volcanic; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.524.294; http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/225/Acid damage to vegetation following the Laki fissure1.pdf;jsessionid=A87F5F0C0B295E03ED7007E43444EABB?sequence=1

Documentary evidence suggests that during the Laki fissure eruption, Iceland, in the summer of 1783, severe acid pollution of the atmosphere resulted in damage to crops and trees in eastern England and northern Germany; the acid pulses led to enhanced fish mortality in Scotland.