Recognition of Santorini (Minoan) Tephra in lake sediments from Gölhisar Gölü, southwest Turkey by laser ablation ICP-MS

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 677-687

  Eastwood, Warren J ^a,c   Pearce, Nicholas J G ^a   Westgate, John A ^b   Perkins, William T ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser ablation ICP MS; Minoan eruption; Santorini; Thera; Trace element geochemistry; Turkey

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE VOLCANISM; LAKE SEDIMENT; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH;

GOLHISAR GOLU; TURKEY;

EID: 0031707159     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0218     Document Type: Article

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