The tephrochronology of Iceland and the North Atlantic region during the middle and Late Quaternary: A review

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-22

  Haflidason, Haflidi ^a   Eiriksson, Jon ^b   Van Kreveld, Shirley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iceland; North Atlantic; Quaternary; Tephra application; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; QUATERNARY; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND;

EID: 0034017644     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(200001)15:1<3::AID-JQS530>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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