Towards rapid assay of cryptotephra in peat cores: Review and evaluation of various methods

Quaternary International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-84

  Gehrels, Maria J ^a   Newnham, Rewi M ^a   Lowe, David J ^b   Wynne, Shirley ^c   Hazell, Zoë J ^d   Caseldine, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PEATLAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 40849132840     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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