The Campanian Ignimbrite (Y5) tephra at Crvena Stijena Rockshelter, Montenegro

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 683-696

  Morley, Mike W ^a   Woodward, Jamie C ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campanian Ignimbrite; Distal tephra; Mediterranean; Microstratigraphy; Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition; Quaternary; Rockshelter sediments; Sediment sources

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN IGNIMBRITE; DISTAL TEPHRA; MEDITERRANEAN; MICROSTRATIGRAPHY; MIDDLE TO UPPER PALAEOLITHIC TRANSITION; QUATERNARY; ROCKSHELTER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CAVES;

CAMPANIAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; IGNIMBRITE; PALEOLITHIC; PARTICLE SIZE; QUATERNARY; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MONTENEGRO;

EID: 79955478796     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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