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Table of Contents - Special Paper 345:

Volcanic Hazards and Disasters in Human Antiquity


1. Volcanic hazards from pyroclastic flow discharge into the sea: Examples from the 1883 eruption of Krakatau, Indonesia
S. Carey, H. Sigurdsson, C. Mandeville, and S. Bronto
1
2. The socioeconomic consequences of the A.D. 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina, southern Peru
S. de Silva, J. Alzueta, and G. Salas
15
3. The most recent eruptions of Huala-lai volcano, Hawai'i: Geological evidence from the historical record
J. Kauahikaua and B. Camara
25
4. Prehistoric "settlement crisis," environmental changes in the British Isles, and volcanic eruptions in Iceland: An exploration of plausible linkages
J.P. Grattan and D.D. Gilbertson
33
5. The Late-Bronze Age explosive eruption of Thera (Santorini), Greece: Regional and local effects
F.W. McCoy and G. Heiken
43
6. Volcanic winter in the Garden of Eden: The Toba supereruption and the late Pleistocene human population crash
M.R. Rampino and S.H. Ambrose
71
7. Volcanism, tectonism, sedimentation, and the paleoanthropological record in the Ethiopian Rift System
G. WoldeGabriel, G. Heiken, T.D. White, B. Asfaw, W.K. Hart, and P.R. Renne
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