Tree rings pinpoint eruption of Icelandic volcano to half a century before human settlement
Friday, June 30, 2017 - 06:32
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An international group of researchers has dated a large volcanic eruption in Iceland to within a few months. The eruption, which is the oldest volcanic eruption to be precisely dated at high northern latitudes, occurred shortly before the first permanent human settlements were established, when parts of the now mostly treeless island were still covered with forest.