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Title:
The great Tambora eruption in 1815 and its aftermath
Authors:
Stothers, R. B.
Affiliation:
AA(NASA, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY)
Publication:
Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 224, June 15, 1984, p. 1191-1198. (Sci Homepage)
Publication Date:
06/1984
Category:
Geophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
Ashes, Chronology, Fallout, Optical Properties, Volcanoes, Astronomy, Climatology, Glaciology, Indonesia, Meteorology, Oceanography, Volcanology
DOI:
10.1126/science.224.4654.1191
Bibliographic Code:
1984Sci...224.1191S

Abstract

The events consequent to the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Tambora, Indonesia, in April of 1815 are reconstructed by quantitative analytical methods which synthesize data and methods from the volcanological, oceanographic, glaciological, meteorological, climatological, astronomical and historical disciplines. This eruption is noteworthy in having been an order of magnitude greater in discharged pyroclastics volume than the Krakatau eruption of 1883, and further, in exceeding the size of any known eruption in the last 10,000 years. The mean temperature in the Northern Hemisphere dropped by 0.4 to 0.7 C in 1816 as a result of its dust veil. It is suggested that Tambora may be used as a calibrating standard in the investigation of other volcanic eruptions.
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