Long-distance marker horizons from smallscale eruptions: British tephra deposits from the AD 1510 eruption of Hekla, Iceland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 511-516

  Dugmore, Andrew J ^a   Newton, Anthony J ^a   Edwards, Kevin J ^b   Larsen, Gubrún ^c   Blackford, Jeffrey J ^d   Cook, Gordon T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hekla; Iceland; Radiocarbon dating; Scotland; Tephrochronology; Volcanic impacts

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX PUSILLA;

HEKLA ERUPTION; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE DEPOSIT; MARKER HORIZON; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ICELAND, HEKLA; UK;

EID: 0030367864     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199611/12)11:6<511::AID-JQS284>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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