Holocene eruptive activity of El Chichón volcano, Chiapas, Mexico

Authors

Robert I. Tilling, U.S. Geological Survey
Meyer Rubin, U.S. Geological Survey
Haraldur Sigurdsson, University of Rhode Island
Steven Carey, University of Rhode Island
Wendell A. Duffield, U.S. Geological Survey
William I. Rose, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-18-1984

Abstract

Geologic and radiometric-age data indicate that El Chichón was frequently and violently active during the Holocene, including eruptive episodes about 600, 1250, and 1700 years ago and several undated, older eruptions. These episodes, involving explosive eruptions of sulfur-rich magma and associated dome-growth processes, were apparently separated by intervals of approximately 350 to 650 years. Some of El Chichón's eruptions may correlate with unusual atmospheric phenomena around A.D. 1300 and possibly A.D. 623.

Publisher's Statement

© 1984 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Publisher's version of record: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.224.4650.747

Publication Title

AAAS

Recommended Citation

Tilling, R. I., Rubin, M., Sigurdsson, H., Carey, S., Duffield, W. A., & Rose, W. I. (1984). Holocene eruptive activity of El Chichón volcano, Chiapas, Mexico. AAAS, 224(4650), 747-749. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.224.4650.747
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