Reply to the comment on "Environmental impact of the 73ka Toba super-eruption in South Asia" by M. A. J. Williams, S. H. Ambrose, S. van der Kaars, C. Ruehlemann, U. Chattopadhyaya, J. Pal, P. R. Chauhan [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284 (2009) 295-314]

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 204-211

  Williams, Martin ^a   Ambrose, Stanley H ^b   van der Kaars, Sander ^c   Ruehlemann, Carsten ^d   Chattopadhyaya, Umesh ^e   Pal, Jagannath ^e   Chauhan, Parth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^f Stone Age Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Greenland ice cores; India; Marine cores; Palaeoclimate; Pollen analysis; Soil carbonate; Tephra; Toba volcano

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SANDER;

EID: 77956094372     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.043     Document Type: Note

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