Abstract
Past volcanic aerosols have left Greenland Ice Sheet layers with elevated specific electrical conductivities that can often be used to estimate the magnitude of individual eruptions. Records of past volcanism may, therefore, be extended and help solve the problem of possible climatic correlation.
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Hammer, C. Past volcanism revealed by Greenland Ice Sheet impurities. Nature 270, 482–486 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270482a0
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