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Article: Darkened Skies and Sparkling Grasses: The Potential Impact of the Mazama Ash Fall on the Northwestern Plains
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- Plains Anthropologist
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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Mazama ash has long served as an important chronostratigraphic marker for archaeologists working on the northwestern Plains. Despite its thickness and widespread distribution, few archaeologists have examined the potential impact of the ash fall on the plant, animal, and human communities of the
area. To some extent, the failure to explore the consequences of this natural disaster reflects the paucity of historical documentation and the lack of current research on the impacts of volcanic eruptions on human communities. The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens has prompted a renewed interest in the study of volcanoes, including their impacts on climate, plants, animals, and humans. The potential ...
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