The variegated (VT) tephra: A new regional marker for middle to late marine isotope stage 5 across Yukon and Alaska

Quaternary International

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 312-323

  Jensen, Britta J L ^a   Preece, Shari J ^b   Lamothe, Michel ^c   Pearce, Nick J G ^d   Froese, Duane G ^a   Westgate, John A ^b   Schaefer, Janet ^e   Begét, Jim ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 81255185069     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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