Age and extent of the Ilopango TBJ Tephra inferred from a Holocene chronostratigraphic reference section, Lago De Yojoa, Honduras

Quaternary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Mehringer Jr , Peter J ^a   Sarna Wojcicki, Andrei M ^b   Wollwage, Lance K ^c   Sheets, Payson ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Chalchuapa, Maya; El Salvador; Holocene; Ilopango Volcano; Lago De Yojoa; Lake Yojoa Volcanic Field; Mesoamerican archaeology; TBJ tephra; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14544277521     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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