Holocene eruptive activity of El Chichón Volcano, Chiapas, Mexico

Authors

Robert I. Tilling, United States Geological Survey
Meyer Rubin, United States Geological Survey
Haraldur Sigurdsson, The University of Rhode Island
Steven Carey, The University of Rhode Island
Wendell A. Duffield, United States Geological Survey
William I. Rose, Michigan Technological University

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1984

Abstract

Geologic and radiometric-age data indicate that El Chichón was frequently and violently active during the Holocene, including eruptive episodes about 600, 1250, and 1700 years ago and several undated, older eruptions. These episodes, involving explosive eruptions of sulfur-rich magma and associated dome-growth processes, were apparently separated by intervals of approximately 350 to 650 years. Some of El Chichón's eruptions may correlate with unusual atmospheric phenomena around A.D. 1300 and possibly A.D. 623.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Science

Volume

224

Issue

4650

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Tilling, Robert I., Meyer Rubin, Haraldur Sigurdsson, Steven Carey, Wendell A. Duffield, and William I. Rose. "Holocene eruptive activity of El Chichón Volcano, Chiapas, Mexico." Science 224, 4650 (1984). doi: 10.1126/science.224.4650.747.