Identification and significance of a visible, basalt-rich Vedde Ash layer in a Late-glacial sequence on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-104

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basaltic and rhyolitic glass shards; Electron microprobe analysis; Last glacial interglacial transition; Major element concentration; Younger Dryas chronozone GS 1

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LATE GLACIAL; MARKER BED; RHYOLITE; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SCOTLAND(HIGHLAND); SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035096736     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.611     Document Type: Article

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