Rhyolitic tephra horizons in northwestern Europe and Iceland from the AD 700s-800s: A potential alternative for dating first human impact

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-283

  Wastegård, Stefan ^a   Hall, Valerie A ^b   Hannon, Gina E ^c   Van Den Bogaard, Christel ^d   Pilcher, Jonathan R ^b   Sigurgeirsson, Magnús Á ^e   Hermanns Auoardóttir, Margrét ^f  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e Raudararstigur 10   (Iceland)

^f Academy Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Germany; Human impact; Iceland; Ireland; Landn m; Tephra

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BOG; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

FAROE ISLANDS; ICELAND;

EID: 0037371463     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl617rr     Document Type: Article

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