SELFOSS, Iceland — One of the biggest mysteries in volcanology may finally have a solution. An eruption long thought to have gone off in the year 1258, spreading cooling sulfur particles around the globe, happened the year before in Indonesia, scientists report.
The Rinjani volcano in Indonesia may be the long-sought site of an eruption thought to have occurred around 1258 but whose location was unknown.
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