The Holocene tephrostratigraphic record of Lake Shkodra (Albania and Montenegro)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 633-650

  Sulpizio, Roberto ^a   Van Welden, Aurelien ^b   Caron, Benoit ^c   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^c  

^a CIRISIVU   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albania; Italian volcanoes; Lake Shkodra; Montenegro; Tephrochronology; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALBANIA; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; MONTENEGRO; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SICILY; SKADAR LAKE; VESUVIUS;

EID: 77958530448     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1334     Document Type: Article

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