Determining tephra fall deposit thickness in sedimentary record from magnetic susceptibility curve: Example of four Ethiopian tephras

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Touchard, Y ^a   Rochette, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ethiopian tephra; Magnetic susceptibility; ODP leg 115; Tephra thickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843078198     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000628     Document Type: Article

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