Cryptotephra detection using high-resolution trace-element analysis of Holocene marine sediments, southwest Japan

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5022-5036

  Lim, Chungwan ^a   Ikehara, Ken ^b   Toyoda, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TEPHRA; TRACE ELEMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 52749086485     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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