Dendrochronology raises questions about the nature of the AD 536 dust-veil event
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Holocene
- Vol. 4 (2) , 212-217
- https://doi.org/10.1177/095968369400400211
Abstract
New evidence is presented which shows the response of a wide grid of tree-ring chronologies to the dust-veil of AD 536, the effects of which were historically recorded in the Mediterranean and eastern Asia. The tree-ring evidence, particularly that from European oaks (Quercus), shows a two-stage response which raises questions about whether only a single massive eruption was involved. The observations from precisely dated tree-ring series set the agenda for the interpretation of forthcoming ice-core evidence across the AD 530s and 540s.Keywords
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