Geochemical fingerprinting of the widespread Toba tephra using biotite compositions

Quaternary International

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Smith, Victoria C ^a   Pearce, Nicholas J G ^b   Matthews, Naomi E ^c   Westgate, John A ^d   Petraglia, Michael D ^a   Haslam, Michael ^a   Lane, Christine S ^a   Korisettar, Ravi ^e   Pal, J N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOTITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMA; TEPHRA; TUFF; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GLASS;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; TOBA CALDERA;

EID: 81255159146     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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