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Storminess in North West Europe and volcanic activity during the Holocene
Lisa C. Orme
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ICARUS, Geography Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, W23 F2H6, Ireland
Francis Ludlow
Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, School of Histories & Humanities, and Trinity Ocean Centre, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
Natasha Langton
ICARUS, Geography Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, W23 F2H6, Ireland
Jenny K. Sjöström
CRETUS Research Centre, EcoPast (GI-1533), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 157 82, Spain
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Malin E. Kylander
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Conor Murphy
ICARUS, Geography Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, W23 F2H6, Ireland
Sean D. F. Pyne-O'Donnell
ICARUS, Geography Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, W23 F2H6, Ireland
Jonathan N. Turner
University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Nannan Li
ICARUS, Geography Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, W23 F2H6, Ireland
Sarah J. Davies
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FL, Wales
Fraser J. G. Mitchell
Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, School of Histories & Humanities, and Trinity Ocean Centre, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
John A. Matthews
Archemy, Department of Archeology, Institute of History and Archeology, University of Tartu, Jakobi 2, 51005 Tartu, Estonia
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The link between storms and volcanic eruptions in northwest Europe is investigated. Past storminess was reconstructed using sand deposits in a coastal peatbog from western Ireland. Together with similar records from northwest Europe this shows six periods of high storminess in the last 2500 years, coinciding roughly with the largest eruptions of this time. A record of past windiness for Ireland (600–1616 CE) created from the “Irish Annals” supports enhanced storminess for 3 years after eruptions.
The link between storms and volcanic eruptions in northwest Europe is investigated. Past...
