The Eldgjá eruption: timing, long-range impacts and influence on the Christianisation of Iceland.

• Main Authors: Oppenheimer, Clive, Orchard, Andy, Stoffel, Markus, Newfield, Timothy P, Guillet, Sébastien, Corona, Christophe, Sigl, Michael, Di Cosmo, Nicola, Büntgen, Ulf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2018
• Subjects: 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Greenland; Eldgjá; Iceland
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/275940; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.20799

The Eldgjá lava flood is considered Iceland's largest volcanic eruption of the Common Era. While it is well established that it occurred after the Settlement of Iceland (circa 874 CE), the date of this great event has remained uncertain. This has hampered investigation of the eruption's im...