The Campanian Ignimbrite eruption: new data on volcanic ash dispersal and its potential impact on human evolution.

The Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) volcanic eruption was the most explosive in Europe in the last 200,000 years. The event coincided with the onset of an extremely cold climatic phase known as Heinrich Event 4 (HE4) approximately 40,000 years ago. Their combined effect may have exacerbated the severity o...

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Main Authors: Kathryn E Fitzsimmons, Ulrich Hambach, Daniel Veres, Radu Iovita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3684589?pdf=render