Tephrostratigraphy, chronology and climatic events of the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene: An overview

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-52

  Zanchetta, Giovanni ^a   Sulpizio, Roberto ^b   Roberts, Neil ^c   Cioni, Raffaello ^d   Eastwood, Warren J ^e   Siani, Giuseppe ^f   Caron, Benoît ^a,f   Paterne, Martine ^g   Santacroce, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^g Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environment   (France)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mediterranean basin; paleoclimate; tephrochronology; tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH;

AEGEAN SEA; ANATOLIA; HELLENIC ARC; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 79251521315     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610377531     Document Type: Article

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