title: Can rapid climatic change cause volcanic eruptions?
abstract: Many major volcanic eruptions coincide with cooling trends of decadal or longer duration that began significantly before the eruptions. Dust veils provide positive feedback for short-term (less than 10 year) global cooling, but seem unlikely to trigger glaciations or even minor climate fluctuations in the 10-to 100-year range. On the contrary, variations in climate lead to stress changes on the earth's crust-for instance, by loading and unloading of ice and water masses and by axial and spin-rate changes that might augment volcanic (and seismic) potential.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rampino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Self
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Fairbridge