New Dates on Late Pleistocene Dacitic Tephra from the Mount Edgecumbe Volcanic Field, Southeastern Alaska

Quaternary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-125

  Begét, James E ^a   Motyka, Roman J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Mt. Edgecumbe volcano; Southeast Alaska; Tephra; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

USA, ASLASKA, MOUNT EDGECUMBE;

EID: 0031780660     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1945     Document Type: Article

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