“More poison than words can describe”: what did people die of after the 1783 Laki eruption in Iceland?
The 1783 Laki eruption in Iceland was followed by an almost 20 % population loss, traditionally attributed to famine (caused by fluorine poisoning of livestock) and contagious diseases. From the 1970s on, hypotheses have been formed that fluorine poisoning might have contributed to human mortality i...
| Published in: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2971-2024 https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/2971/2024/ |