Evidence at source for the mid-fifteenth century eruption of Kuwae, Vanuatu

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作者：
Ballard C. [1 ]
Bedford S. [1 ,2 ]
Cronin S.J. [3 ]
Stern S. [3 ]
机构：
[1] School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra
[2] Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
[3] Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Auckland
来源：
Journal of Applied Volcanology | / 12卷 / 1期
基金：
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词：
Eruption; Fifteenth century; Kuwae; Tongoa; Vanuatu;
D O I：
10.1186/s13617-023-00138-1
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摘要：
The mid-fifteenth century eruption of the Kuwae volcano (Vanuatu), known locally as the Tombuk eruption, is widely but not universally considered responsible for one of the three largest atmospheric sulphate events of the past millennium. Questions remain about its precise magnitude and global signature. This controversy reflects a lack of modern description and characterisation of the eruption at source. Through a comprehensive survey of the published and unpublished literature, we review the available historical, archaeological and volcanological evidence for the Kuwae eruption. All sources suggest an eruption with major impacts regionally. The eruption formed a submarine caldera, collapsing the former landmass of Kuwae and leaving two smaller adjacent islands, Epi and Tongoa. On other islands to the immediate south and north, volcanic impacts were variable, enabling survival of refugees from Kuwae, who later recolonised the remnant islands. This review raises hypotheses and questions to be tested through a new multi-disciplinary field research program that aims to establish the precise date and magnitude of the Tombuk eruption, allowing questions of global impact to be addressed with more confidence. © 2023, The Author(s).
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