Tephrochronological dating of varved interglacial lake deposits from Piànico-Sèllere (Southern Alps, Italy) to around 400 ka

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-96

  Brauer, Achim ^a   Wulf, Sabine ^a   Mangili, Clara ^a   Moscariello, Andrea ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micro facies analyses; MIS 11; Pi nico Interglacial; Tephrochronology; Varved lake sediments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; INTERGLACIAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROFACIES; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

BERGAMO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; PIANICO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846309613     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1014     Document Type: Article

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