A new early Holocene cryptotephra from northwest Scotland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-208

  Ranner, Patricia H ^a   Allen, Judy R M ^a   Huntley, Brian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

An Druim Tephra; Cryptotephra; Iceland; Lateglacial; Torfaj kull; Younger Borrobol Tephra

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; TEPHRA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 16444365452     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.910     Document Type: Article

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