Evidence for the occurrence of Vedde Ash in Sweden: radiocarbon and calendar age estimates

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-274

  Wastegård, Stefan ^a,e   Björck, Svante ^b   Possnert, Göran ^c   Wohlfarth, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKER HORIZON; TEPHRA; VEDDE ASH; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0038680116     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199805/06)13:3<271::AID-JQS372>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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