Stratigraphy and distribution of tephra layers in marine sediment cores from the Faeroe Islands, North Atlantic

Marine Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 263-277

  Rasmussen, T L ^a   Wastegard S ^b   Kuijpers, A ^c   Van Weering, T C E ^d   Heinemeier, J ^e   Thomsen, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Faeroe Islands; North Atlantic; Stratigraphy; Tephra layers

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; TEPHRA LAYERS;

BASALT; CORRELATION METHODS; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEPHRA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 1642292657     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00219-6     Document Type: Article

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