Major- and trace-element characterization, expanded distribution, and a new chronology for the latest Pleistocene Glacier Peak tephras in western North America

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-216

  Kuehn, Stephen C ^a   Froese, Duane G ^a   Carrara, Paul E ^b   Foit Jr , Franklin F ^c   Pearce, Nicholas J G ^d   Rotheisler, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian calibration; Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA); Glacier Peak; Late Pleistocene; Major element analysis; Radiocarbon dating; Tephra; Tephrochronology; Trace element analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMARKER; CALIBRATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CASCADE RANGE; GLACIER PEAK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

PLINIA;

EID: 60249087642     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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