Why was the Samalas eruption of 1257 significant?

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The Samalas eruption of 1257 is recognized as the most significant stratospheric gas release of the Common Era, with profound implications for stratospheric chemistry and climate change. Recent findings published in Scientific Reports (DOI: 10.1038/srep34868) provide robust constraints for modeling the impact of sulphur and halogens from this eruption. The methodology developed in this research enhances the quantification of degassing budgets for explosive eruptions of all magnitudes. This eruption's analysis is crucial for understanding its extensive climatic consequences.

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Scientific Reports | 6:34868 | DOI: 10.1038/srep34868
The 1257 Samalas eruption
(Lombok, Indonesia): the single
greatest stratospheric gas release
of the Common Era

Our findings not only provide robust constraints for the modelling of the combined impact of sulphur and halogens on stratosphere chemistry of the largest eruption of the last millennium, but also develop a methodology to better quantify the degassing budgets of explosive eruptions of all magnitudes.

It's hard to find open-access papers on modeling parts of the Earth system and then fit them into larger aspects, such as climate change. It shows the degree of analysis that is involved. There are also interesting tid-bits on the consequences of that eruption.
 
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Scientific Reports | 6:34868 | DOI: 10.1038/srep34868. It was on top, lost in my abuse of font size
 
CapnGranite said:
Scientific Reports | 6:34868 | DOI: 10.1038/srep34868. It was on top, lost in my abuse of font size
Not online?
 
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep34868 When I paste that link, it doesn't seem to go directly to the paper, but to google search. It does that even if I paste the http from the article site. Yes, it is online
 
Scientific Reports is online only.
 
OK, I didn't understand what the question was, then