Non-synchronous deposition of North Atlantic Ash Zone II in Greenland ice cores, and North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea sediments: An example of complex glacial-stage tephra transport

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 739-745

  Brendryen, Jo ^a   Haflidason, Haflidi ^a   Sejrup, Hans Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Greenland stadial interstadial transitions; North Atlantic Ash Zone II; Tephra

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG; INTERSTADIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; RHYOLITE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 80053178954     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1499     Document Type: Article

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