Vedde ash layer discovered in a small lake basin on the Scottish mainland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 605-612

  John Lowe, J ^a   Turney, Chris S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron probe data; Geochronology; Palaeoclimatology; Scotland; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ASH GEOCHEMISTRY; CHRONOLOGY; LAKE SEDIMENT; MARKER HORIZON; TEPHRA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLAND;

EID: 0031444252     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.4.0605     Document Type: Article

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