Radiocarbon and geologic evidence reveal Ilopango volcano as source of the colossal ‘mystery’ eruption of 539/40 CE

Radiocarbon and geologic evidence reveal Ilopango volcano as source of the colossal ‘mystery’ eruption of 539/40 CE

Ilopango volcano (El Salvador) erupted violently during the Maya Classic Period (250–900 CE) in a densely-populated and intensively-cultivated region of the southern Maya realm, causing regional abandonment of an area covering more than 20,000 km2. However, neither the regional nor global impacts of...

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Main Authors: Amaroli, P. (Author), Anchukaitis, K.J (Author), Dull, R.A (Author), Freundt, A. (Author), Hernandez, W. (Author), Kutterolf, S. (Author), Oppenheimer, C. (Author), Sheets, P. (Author), Southon, J.R (Author), Wahl, D.B (Author), Wiemann, M.C (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
Subjects:
Central America
Classic period
Climate dynamics
dendrochronology
Deposits
Forestry
Global
Guatemala [Central America]
Holocene
Holocenes
Honduras
Maya
Mesoamerica
Radiocarbon
radiocarbon dating
Sixth century
subfossil
Sulfur
tephra
Thickness measurement
tree ring
Tree rings
volcanic eruption
volcano
Volcanoes
volcanology
Volcanology
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