Early Holocene volcanic ash fallout in the Yammoûneh lacustrine basin (Lebanon): Tephrochronological implications for the Near East

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 416-425

  Develle, A L ^a   Williamson, D ^a   Gasse, F ^a   Walter Simonnet, A V ^b  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Holocene; lacustrine sequence; Lebanon; tephra

Indexed keywords

ASH LAYER; ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; LACUSTRINE SEQUENCE; LEBANON; RADIOCARBON DATING; RHYOLITIC; TEPHRA; TEPHRAS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ASH FALLOUT;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS;

VOLCANOES;

FALLOUT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69849107556     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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