Magnetic characterisation and correlation of a younger dryas tephra in North Atlantic marine sediments

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-347

  Peters, Clare ^a   Austin, William E N ^a   Walden, John ^a   Hibbert, Fiona D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Magnetic measurements; Marine sediments; Tephra; Younger dryas

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT CORE; TEPHRA; VOLCANO; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND; KATLA;

EID: 77449141101     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1320     Document Type: Article

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