The Rocourt Tephra, a widespread 90-74 ka stratigraphic marker in Belgium

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-120

  Pouclet, André ^a   Juvigné, Etienne ^b   Pirson, Stéphane ^c  

^a University of Liège Sart Tilman ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Rocourt Tephra; Upper Pleistocene; Western Europe; Widespread tephra layer

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINOPYROXENE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; ORTHOPYROXENE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLEISTOCENE; SPINEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC GLASS; XENOLITH;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EIFEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45849141590     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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