Late Quaternary distal tephra-fall deposits in lacustrine sediments, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Quaternary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-78

  de Fontaine, Christian S ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^a   Scott Anderson, R ^a   Werner, Al ^b   Waythomas, Christopher F ^c   Brown, Thomas A ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Ash fall; Cook Inlet; Lacustrine sediment; Late Quaternary; Tephra; Tephrochronology; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

ICE CORE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMNOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANISM;

ALASKA; COOK INLET; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250651747     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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