Late Pleistocene tephrochronology of marine sediments adjacent to Montserrat, Lesser Antilles volcani arc

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 279-289

  Le Friant, A ^a   Lock, E J ^b   Hart, M B ^b   Boudon, G ^a   Sparks, R S J ^c   Leng, M J ^d   Smart, C W ^b   Komorowski, J C ^a   Deplus, C ^a   Fisher, J K ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 38949139450     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-019     Document Type: Article

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