An outline tephrochronology for the Holocene of the north of Ireland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 485-494

  Pilcher, Jonathan R ^a   Hall, Valerie A ^a   McCormac, F Gerry ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Holocene; Ireland; Tephra; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE DEPOSIT; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

IRELAND;

EID: 0030368902     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199611/12)11:6<485::aid-jqs266>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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