Multi-proxy dating of Iceland's major pre-settlement Katla eruption to 822-823 CE

• Main Authors: Büntgen, U, Eggertsson, Ó, Wacker, L, Sigl, M, Ljungqvist, FC, di Cosmo, N, Plunkett, G, Krusic, PJ, Newfield, TP, Esper, J, Lane, C, Reinig, F, Oppenheimer, C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of America 2017
• Subjects: 37 Earth Sciences; 3709 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; 3705 Geology; 13 Climate Action; Greenland; Katla; Fennoscandia; Greenland ice cores; ice core; Iceland
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/266913; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.11141

Investigations of the impacts of past volcanic eruptions on climate, environment, and society require accurate chronologies. However, eruptions that are not recorded in historical documents can seldom be dated exactly. Here we use annually resolved radiocarbon ($^{14}$C) measurements to isolate the...