What is Hekla 3 eruption?
The '''Hekla 3 eruption''' (circa 1000 BCE) is thought to be the most severe eruption of Hekla during the [[Holocene]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Eiríksson|first1=Jón|last2=Knudsen|first2=Karen Luise|last3=Haflidason|first3=Haflidi|last4=Heinemeier|first4=Jan|date=September 2000|title=Chronology of late Holocene climatic events in the northern North Atlantic based on AMS14C dates and tephra markers from the volcano Hekla, Iceland|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1099-1417(200009)15:6%3C573::AID-JQS554%3E3.0.CO;2-A|journal=Journal of Quaternary Science|language=en|volume=15|issue=6|pages=573–580|doi=10.1002/1099-1417(200009)15:6<573::AID-JQS554>3.0.CO;2-A|issn=0267-8179}}</ref> ==Impact== It threw more than 7 km<sup>3</sup> of volcanic rock into the atmosphere. This would have caused a [[volcanic winter]], cooling temperatures in the [[Northern Hemisphere]] for many years afterwards. ==Claims== Some claim that an eighteen-year span of [[global cooling]] that is recorded in Irish bog oaks can be blamed on Hekla-3.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Baillie|first=M. G. L|date=1989-01-01|title=Hekla 3: how big was it?|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0160-9327%2889%2990006-9|journal=Endeavour|language=en|volume=13|issue=2|pages=78–81|doi=10.1016/0160-9327(89)90006-9|issn=0160-9327}}</ref> Some Egyptologists have blamed Hekla-3 for famines under Ramesses III during the wider [[Bronze Age collapse]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:11th century BC]] {{history-stub}}