Reply to the comment on “Effects in North Africa of the 934–940 CE Eldgjá and 1783–1784 CE Laki eruptions (Iceland) revealed by previously unrecognized written sources”

• Published in: Bulletin of Volcanology
• Main Authors: Brugnatelli, Vermondo, Tibaldi, Alessandro
• Other Authors: Brugnatelli, V, Tibaldi, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2021
• Subjects: Eldgjá eruption; Laki eruption; historic chronicles; dry fog; North Africa; History of Morocco; History of Tunisia; Djerba; L-OR/09 - LINGUE E LETTERATURE DELL'AFRICA; M-STO/01 - STORIA MEDIEVALE; M-STO/02 - STORIA MODERNA; GEO/08 - GEOCHIMICA E VULCANOLOGIA; Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/322918; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-021-01479-8; https://rdcu.be/cq7AU

In this “reply”, the historical sources about Eldgjá and Laki eruptions commented on by Newfield and Oppenheimer are dealt more thoroughly, pointing out that some of the examined “witness statements” are not as straightforward as one could expect, either concerning the dating of the events recorded or their description.