The Dry Fog of 1783: Environmental Impact and Human Reaction to the Lakagígar Eruption

In the year 1783, an unusual fog covered the atmosphere over a large part of the Northern Hemisphere, persisting for a period of up to three months. In particular, the summer in Europe was characterized by the appearance of this phenomenon. Many contemporaries described it as a dry fog. The origin o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eyþór Halldórsson 1981-
Other Authors: Landsbókasafn Íslands
Format: Thesis
Language:Icelandic
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1946/17205