>From what little research I did, I had understood that a substantial chunk of >the sun-blotting fog was actually 'vog', which outgassed from major eruptions >in Iceland. Iceland underwent several periods of volcanic activity during the >'Dark Ages', where multiple volcanic vents burped out stifling clouds of gas. >The gas periodically got so thick and noxious that it poisoned vegetation, >killed animals, and sickened almost everyone else; there was at least one >major exodus of survivors around 770 a.c.e. Tracy Latimer
---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:12:59 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] Comet smashes triggered ancient famine ??? > > Comet smashes triggered ancient famine > January 7, 2009 by Ker Than > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126882.900-comet-smashes-triggered-ancient-famine.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news > > Abbott, D. H., P. Biscaye, J. Cole-Dai, and D. Breger, 2008, > Magnetite and Silicate Spherules from the GISP2 Core at the 536 A.D. Horizon > American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #PP41B-1454 > > http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&listenv=table&multiple=1&range=1&directget=1&application=fm08&database=%2Fdata%2Fepubs%2Fwais%2Findexes%2Ffm08%2Ffm08&maxhits=200&=%22PP41B-1454%22 > > and > > http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUFMPP41B1454A > > Yours, > > Paul H. > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
