Volcanic ash from Icelandic ∼57,300 yr BP eruption found in GISP2 (Greenland) ice core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3167-3169

  Ram, Michael ^a   Donarummo Jr , John ^a   Sheridan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ICE; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

ICE CORE DATING; VOLCANIC ASH;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE;

CHRONOLOGY; ERUPTION HISTORY; GISP2; ICE CORE; VOLCANIC ASH; WISCONSINAN; WISCONSINAN ICE;

GREENLAND, SUMMIT;

ASH LAYER; GLASS SHARDS; GREENLAND; ICELANDICS; IGNIMBRITES; RHYOLITIC; SEDIMENT CORE; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 0030282762     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03099     Document Type: Article

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