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Verfasst von:Kleemann, Katrin [VerfasserIn]   i
Titel:A mist connection
Titelzusatz:an environmental history of the Laki Eruption of 1783 and its legacy
Verf.angabe:Katrin Kleemann
Verlagsort:Berlin ; Boston
Verlag:De Gruyter
Jahr:2023
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 387 Seiten)
Illustrationen:Illustrationen, Karten
Gesamttitel/Reihe:Historical catastrophe studies / Historische Katastrophenforschung
Fussnoten:Volltext: PDF; EPUB
Schrift/Sprache:In English
Ang. zum Inhalt:Frontmatter
 Acknowledgments
 Contents
 1 Introduction: 1783 – A Year of Wonders
 2 A Volcano Comes to Life
 3 Shaking the World
 4 The Mystery Remains
 5 Conclusions: A Modern Perspective on the Laki Eruption
 Illustrations
 Bibliography
 Index
ISBN:978-3-11-073192-7
Abstract:In the summer of 1783, an unusual dry fog descended upon large parts of the northern hemisphere. The fog brought with it bloodred sunsets, a foul sulfuric odor, and a host of other peculiar weather events. Inspired by the Enlightenment, many naturalists attempted to find reasonable explanations for these occurrences. Between 8 June 1783 and 7 February 1784, a 27-kilometer-long fissure volcano erupted in the Icelandic highlands. It produced the largest volume of lava released by any volcanic eruption on planet Earth in the last millennium. In Iceland, the eruption led to the death of one-fifth of the population. The jetstream carried its volcanic gases further afield to Europe and beyond, where they settled as a fog, the origin of which puzzled naturalists and laypersons. "A Mist Connection" is an environmental history that documents the Laki eruption and its consequences for Iceland and the wider world. The book combines methods of historical disaster research, climate history, global history, history of science, and geology in an interdisciplinary approach. Icelandic flood lava eruptions of this scale have a statistical recurrence period of 200 to 500 years; it is crucial to understand their nature so that we can prepare for the next one. An eruption of this magnitude would surely be disastrous for our modern, globalized, and interconnected world
DOI:doi:10.1515/9783110731927
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Schlagwörter:(g)Laki-Spalte   i / (s)Eruption   i / (s)Auswirkung   i / (s)Geogener Faktor   i / (s)Historische Umweltforschung   i / (z)Geschichte 1783-1784   i
 (g)Island   i / (g)Laki-Spalte   i / (s)Vulkan   i / (s)Eruption   i / (s)Luftverschmutzung   i / (s)Vulkangebiet   i
 (s)Atmosphärisches Aerosol   i / (s)Eruption   i / (s)Vulkanologie   i / (s)Vulkanasche   i / (s)Naturkatastrophe   i / (s)Naturgefahr   i
 (g)Nordwesteuropa   i / (s)Aerosol   i / (s)Saurer Regen   i / (s)Abkühlung   i / (s)Nebel   i / (z)Geschichte   i
Datenträger:Online-Ressource
Sprache:eng
(Sekundärform):Issued also in print
Bibliogr. Hinweis:Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Kleemann, Katrin: A mist connection. - Berlin : De Gruyter, 2023. - XIII, 387 Seiten
Sach-SW:HISTORY / General
 Temps (Météorologie) - Effets des éruptions volcaniques sur - Histoire - 18e siècle
 Weather - Effect of volcanic eruptions on
 History
Geograph. SW:Iceland - Laki
Zeit-SW:1700-1799
K10plus-PPN:1847915337
 
 
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