Early to middle Holocene silicic tephra horizons from the Katla volcanic system, Iceland: New results from the Faroe Islands

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 723-730

  Wastegård, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Hekla; Holocene; Katla; Silicic tephra

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

FAROE ISLANDS; ICELAND;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036938360     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.724     Document Type: Article

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