Positive Platinum anomalies at three late Holocene high magnitude volcanic events in Western Hemisphere sediments.

ABSTRACT: Changes in the global atmospheric budget of platinum reportedly correspond to explosive volcanic eruptions. Using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) elemental analysis we examined eight widely separated stratified sites to evaluate the geographic extent of three late Holocene high magnitude volcanic events. We found characteristic Pt anomalies across the Western Hemisphere dating to the Laki, Iceland (CE 1783-1784), Kuwae, Vanuatu (CE 1452-1453), and Eldgjá, Iceland (CE 934) explosive volcanic eruptions. Pt anomalies in sediments over a broad geographic area indicate distinctive time-correlative atmospheric deposition rates of platinum-rich volcanic ash. These anomalies provide new chronostratigraphic markers for these late Holocene high magnitude volcanic eruptions, whi

SUBMITTER: Tankersley KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6062578 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature