A tephra-based correlation between the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian Sea raises questions about chronological relationships during the last interglacial

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-12

  Wastegård, Stefan ^a   Björck, Svante ^b   Greve, Charlotte ^c   Rasmussen, Tine L ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Groundwater Department   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EEMIAN; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 15044357361     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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