Climate of the Past
Climate of the Past
CP
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2119-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Special issue:
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2119-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Research article
 | Highlight paper
 | 
18 Oct 2021
Research article | Highlight paper |  | 18 Oct 2021

New insights into the  ∼ 74 ka Toba eruption from sulfur isotopes of polar ice cores

Laura Crick, Andrea Burke, William Hutchison, Mika Kohno, Kathryn A. Moore, Joel Savarino, Emily A. Doyle, Sue Mahony, Sepp Kipfstuhl, James W. B. Rae, Robert C. J. Steele, R. Stephen J. Sparks, and Eric W. Wolff

Viewed

Total article views: 7,639 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
5,656 1,870 113 7,639 373 135 163
  • HTML: 5,656
  • PDF: 1,870
  • XML: 113
  • Total: 7,639
  • Supplement: 373
  • BibTeX: 135
  • EndNote: 163
Views and downloads (calculated since 14 Apr 2021)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 14 Apr 2021)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 7,639 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 7,221 with geography defined and 418 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 29 Nov 2025
Download

The requested paper has a corresponding corrigendum published. Please read the corrigendum first before downloading the article.

Short summary
The ~ 74 ka eruption of Toba was one of the largest eruptions of the last 100 ka. We have measured the sulfur isotopic composition for 11 Toba eruption candidates in two Antarctic ice cores. Sulfur isotopes allow us to distinguish between large eruptions that have erupted material into the stratosphere and smaller ones that reach lower altitudes. Using this we have identified the events most likely to be Toba and place the eruption on the transition into a cold period in the Northern Hemisphere.
Read more
Share
Special issue
Interdisciplinary studies of volcanic impacts on climate and...