Detection of Lateglacial distal tephra layers in the Netherlands

Boreas

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-135

  Davies, Siwan M ^a   Hoek, Wim Z ^b   Bohncke, Sjoerd J P ^c   Lowe, J John ^d   O'Donnell, Sean Pyne ^d   Turney, Chris S M ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATE GLACIAL; TEPHRA;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18744366050     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009480510012944     Document Type: Article

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