Identification of Aniakchak (Alaska) tephra in Greenland ice core challenges the 1645 BC date for Minoan eruption of Santorini

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Pearce, Nicholas J G ^a   Westgate, John A ^b   Preece, Shari J ^b   Eastwood, Warren J ^c   Perkins, William T ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aniakchak; Ice core; Minoa; Santirini; Tephra

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543069761     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000672     Document Type: Article

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