TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial response to major volcanic events in or about AD 536, 934 and 1258
T2 - Frost rings and other dendrochronological evidence from Mongolia and northern Siberia: Comment on R. B. Stothers, 'volcanic dry fogs, climate cooling, and plague pandemics in Europe and the Middle East' (climatic change, 42, 1999)
AU - D'arrigo, Rosanne
AU - Frank, David
AU - Jacoby, Gordon
AU - Pederson, Neil
N1 - Funding Information:
Research supported by the National Science Foundation, Climate Dynamics and Earth Systems History Programs. This research was aided by the Mongolian Ministry for Nature and the Environment, Institute of Biological Sciences and Hydrometeorological Research Institute. We gratefully acknowledge Drs. Naurzbaev and Vaganov for use of their Taymir tree-ring data and R. Stothers for helpful comments. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Contribution No. 6086.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Hypothesized large-scale climatic extremes require verification from distant regions in order to confirm the magnitude and timing of such events. Three of the most massive hypothesized volcanic events of the past two millennia, occurring in or about AD 536, 934 and 1258, had profound climatic and demographic repercussions over much of Europe, the Middle East, and other areas, according to historical accounts recently described in Stothers (1998, 1999, 2000) as well as other research. Here we report on frost ring and other dendrochronological evidence derived from a 1738-year tree-ring chronology from Mongolia and millennial-scale tree-ring data from northern Siberia which demonstrate that these three events may have also impacted conditions in these distant regions.
AB - Hypothesized large-scale climatic extremes require verification from distant regions in order to confirm the magnitude and timing of such events. Three of the most massive hypothesized volcanic events of the past two millennia, occurring in or about AD 536, 934 and 1258, had profound climatic and demographic repercussions over much of Europe, the Middle East, and other areas, according to historical accounts recently described in Stothers (1998, 1999, 2000) as well as other research. Here we report on frost ring and other dendrochronological evidence derived from a 1738-year tree-ring chronology from Mongolia and millennial-scale tree-ring data from northern Siberia which demonstrate that these three events may have also impacted conditions in these distant regions.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1010727122905
DO - 10.1023/A:1010727122905
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035035609
VL - 49
SP - 239
EP - 246
JO - Climatic Change
JF - Climatic Change
SN - 0165-0009
IS - 1-2
ER -