Tree ring effects and ice core acidities clarify the volcanic record of the first millennium

Baillie, M. G. L.; McAneney, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-105-2015

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-105-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-105-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

Research article

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16 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 16 Jan 2015

Tree ring effects and ice core acidities clarify the volcanic record of the first millennium

M. G. L. Baillie and J. McAneney

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RC C364: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 May 2014
- AC C936: 'Author response to Anonymous Referee #1', mike baillie, 25 Jun 2014
RC C821: 'Review in suppl. pdf-file', Bo Vinther, 24 Jun 2014
- AC C935: 'Author response to Bo Vinther in supplimentary pdf-file', mike baillie, 25 Jun 2014
AC C1459: 'Revised manuscript submission: please see supplimentary material', mike baillie, 08 Sep 2014

Short summary

Ice core acidities agree with historical volcanic eruptions and tree ring effects in recent centuries, but in the 1st millennium, ice acid dates appear offset from tree ring evidence. This offset appears real between AD 1000 and 50 BC. If correct, then current identification of Vesuvius tephra at AD 79 is erroneous, and geophysicists are working with a false volcanic record especially regarding multiple eruptions in AD 536 and 540-541, highlighting a major global hazard in proximate eruptions.