Palaeoenvironmental response to the ∼74 ka Toba ash-fall in the Jurreru and Middle Son valleys in southern and north-central India

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 336-350

  Jones, Sacha Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal tephra; India; Jurreru; Middle Son; Palaeoenvironment; Supereruption; Toba

Indexed keywords

ASH FLOW; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOMINID; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RHYOLITE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; TOBA CALDERA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 76849105168     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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