Supereruption doublet at a climate transition
Alice R. Paine, Fabian B. Wadsworth, James U.L. Baldini
Abstract
About 74,000 years ago Earth’s climate abruptly transitioned to particularly severe cold and dry conditions, which lasted for several millennia. An incomplete eruption record may be why volcanic eruptions were dismissed as the trigger.
Topics & Concepts
VolcanoClimate changeEarth scienceDry climateClimatologyGeologyAstrobiologyEnvironmental scienceGeographyPhysical geographyMeteorologyPaleontologyPhysicsOceanographyGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological and Geochemical AnalysisPolar Research and Ecology