The spatial distribution of Holocene cryptotephras in north-west Europe since 7 ka: Implications for understanding ash fall events from Icelandic eruptions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-66

  Lawson, Ian T ^a   Swindles, Graeme T ^a   Plunkett, Gill ^b   Greenberg, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyjafjallaj kull; Iceland; Jan Mayen; Lake sediment; Peat; Tephra; Tephrochronology; Volcanic ash; Volcanic hazard analysis

Indexed keywords

ICELANDS; JAN MAYEN; LAKE SEDIMENTS; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

LAKES; PEAT; VOLCANOES; WETLANDS;

HAZARDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FELSIC ROCK; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PEATLAND; RHYOLITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

FAROE ISLANDS; ICELAND; IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859635589     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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