Jones had the lightbulb moment for this idea when colleagues, including co-author Kevin Mahan, were describing xenoliths (pieces of crust
ejected by volcanic eruptions) from across Wyoming and Montana.
Not exact matches
Hiatuses can also be triggered
by volcanic eruptions that
eject particles into the air, reflecting sunlight away from Earth, as happened after the
eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991.
Models demonstrate that the trend can be attributed clearly to the reduced concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere, in spite of some complexity introduced
by the particles
ejected from
volcanic eruptions.