Volcanic air pollution and mortality in France 1783-1784

• Published in: Comptes Rendus Geoscience
• Main Authors: Grattan, John, Rabartin, Roland, Self, Stephen, Thordarson, Thorvaldur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/18223/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2005.01.013

The impact that volcanic eruptions may have upon environments far from the volcanic source is conventionally assumed to depend on climatic modification by emitted gases. However, recent research has suggested that the damage caused by the direct impact of volcanic gases, mainly H2SO4, may be profoun...