The use of microtephra horizons to correlate Late-glacial lake sediment successions in Scotland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 525-531

  Turney, Chris S M ^a,b   Harkness, Douglas D ^b   Lowe, J John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrobol Tephra; Last glacial interglacial transition; Tephra (glass shard) geochemistry; Vedde Ash; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DEVENSIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; TEPHRA;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031428831     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199711/12)12:6<525::aid-jqs347>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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