Development and application of high-resolution petrography on resin-impregnated Holocene peat columns to detect and analyse tephras, cryptotephras, and other materials

Quaternary International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-67

  De Vleeschouwer, François ^a   van Vliët Lanoé, Brigitte ^b   Fagel, Nathalie ^a   Richter, Thomas ^c   Boës, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PEATLAND; PETROGRAPHY; RESIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEPHRA; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 40749130763     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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