Electron microprobe characterization of ash layers in sediments from the central Bransfield basin (Antarctic Peninsula): Evidence for at least two volcanic sources

Antarctic Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 412-421

  Fretzdorff, S ^a   Smellie, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash layers; Bransfield Strait; Deception Island; Geochemistry

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH;

ANTARCTICA;

FRAXINUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0036915594     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102002000214     Document Type: Article

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