Tephrochronology of the Siple Dome ice core, West Antarctica: Correlations and sources

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1602-1614

  Dunbar, Nelia W ^a   Kurbatov, Andrei V ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC COASTS; ANTARCTIC ICE CORE; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE FORCINGS; EAST ANTARCTICA; ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; ERUPTIVE EVENTS; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; FINE GRAINS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMICAL CORRELATION; ICE CORE; LARGE PARTS; PINNING POINTS; SIPLE DOME; SOUTH AMERICA; TEPHRA LAYERS; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DOMES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

ICE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE FORCING; DOME; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AISEN; ANTARCTICA; CHILE; MOUNT BERLIN; MOUNT HUDSON; MOUNT TAKAHE; SIPLE DOME; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE; WEST ANTARCTICA;

PORPHYRIO MANTELLI;

EID: 79957987121     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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