An assessment of discriminant function analysis in the identification and correlation of distal Icelandic tephras in the British Isles

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 161, Issue , 1999, Pages 147-160

  Charman, Daniel J ^a   Grattan, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANISM;

ICELAND; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033402810     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.161.01.10     Document Type: Article

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