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On the “Climatic Effectiveness” of Volcanic Eruptions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David M. Pyle*
Affiliation:
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, 170-25California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

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University of Washington

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