What caused terrestrial dust loading and climate downturns between A.D. 533 and 540?

• Main Authors: Abbott, Dallas Helen, Breger, Dee Lewis, Biscaye, Pierre E., Barron, John A., Juhl, Robert A., McCafferty, Patrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Ice cores; Paleoclimatology; Comets > Environmental aspects; Mass extinctions; Atmospheric chemistry; Atmosphere; Geology; Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two; Eta; Greenland; Greenland Ice Sheet Project; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/D81V5DCR

Sn-rich particles, Ni-rich particles, and cosmic spherules are found together at four discrete stratigraphic levels within the 362-360 m depth interval of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) ice core (72.6°N, 38.5°W, elevation: 3203 m). Using a previously derived calendar-year time scale, thes...