Greenland ice core evidence of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption
Volcanic tephra are independent age horizons and can synchronize strata of various paleoclimate records including ice and sediment cores. The Holocene section of the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) ice core is dated by multi-parameter annual layer counting, and contains peaks in acidity, SO42− and...
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ftunivpisairis:oai:arpi.unipi.it:11568/158766 2024-04-21T08:03:19+00:00 Greenland ice core evidence of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption Barbante, C. Kehrwald, N. M. MARIANELLI, PAOLA Vinther, B. M Steffensen, J. P Cozzi, G Hammer, C. U Clausen, H. B Siggaard Andersen, M. L. Barbante, C. Kehrwald, N. M. Marianelli, Paola Vinther, B. M Steffensen, J. P Cozzi, G Hammer, C. U Clausen, H. B Siggaard Andersen, M. L. 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/11568/158766 https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1221-2013 https://www.clim-past.net/9/1221/2013/ eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000322859700015 volume:9 firstpage:1221 lastpage:1232 numberofpages:12 journal:CLIMATE OF THE PAST http://hdl.handle.net/11568/158766 doi:10.5194/cp-9-1221-2013 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84883748035 https://www.clim-past.net/9/1221/2013/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2013 ftunivpisairis https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1221-2013 2024-03-28T01:26:37Z Volcanic tephra are independent age horizons and can synchronize strata of various paleoclimate records including ice and sediment cores. The Holocene section of the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) ice core is dated by multi-parameter annual layer counting, and contains peaks in acidity, SO42− and microparticle concentrations at a depth of 429.1 to 429.3 m, which have not previously been definitively ascribed to a volcanic eruption. Here, we identify tephra particles and determine that volcanic shards extracted from a depth of 429.3 m in the GRIP ice core are likely due to the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption. The chemical composition of the tephra particles is consistent with the K-phonolitic composition of the Vesuvius juvenile ejecta and differs from the chemical composition of other major eruptions (≥ VEI 4) between 50–100 AD. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Greenland ice core Greenland Ice core Project GRIP ice core ARPI - Archivio della Ricerca dell'Università di Pisa Climate of the Past 9 3 1221 1232 |
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Volcanic tephra are independent age horizons and can synchronize strata of various paleoclimate records including ice and sediment cores. The Holocene section of the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) ice core is dated by multi-parameter annual layer counting, and contains peaks in acidity, SO42− and microparticle concentrations at a depth of 429.1 to 429.3 m, which have not previously been definitively ascribed to a volcanic eruption. Here, we identify tephra particles and determine that volcanic shards extracted from a depth of 429.3 m in the GRIP ice core are likely due to the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption. The chemical composition of the tephra particles is consistent with the K-phonolitic composition of the Vesuvius juvenile ejecta and differs from the chemical composition of other major eruptions (≥ VEI 4) between 50–100 AD. |
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Barbante, C. Kehrwald, N. M. Marianelli, Paola Vinther, B. M Steffensen, J. P Cozzi, G Hammer, C. U Clausen, H. B Siggaard Andersen, M. L. |
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Barbante, C. Kehrwald, N. M. MARIANELLI, PAOLA Vinther, B. M Steffensen, J. P Cozzi, G Hammer, C. U Clausen, H. B Siggaard Andersen, M. L. |
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Barbante, C. Kehrwald, N. M. MARIANELLI, PAOLA Vinther, B. M Steffensen, J. P Cozzi, G Hammer, C. U Clausen, H. B Siggaard Andersen, M. L. Greenland ice core evidence of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption |
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Barbante, C. Kehrwald, N. M. MARIANELLI, PAOLA Vinther, B. M Steffensen, J. P Cozzi, G Hammer, C. U Clausen, H. B Siggaard Andersen, M. L. |
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Greenland ice core evidence of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption |
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Greenland ice core evidence of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption |
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Greenland ice core evidence of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption |
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Greenland ice core evidence of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption |
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Greenland ice core evidence of the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption |
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greenland ice core evidence of the 79 ad vesuvius eruption |
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Greenland Greenland ice core Greenland Ice core Project GRIP ice core |
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