High-precision ultra-distal Holocene tephrochronology in North America

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-11

  Pyne O'Donnell, Sean D F ^a,b   Hughes, Paul D M ^c   Froese, Duane G ^d   Jensen, Britta J L ^d   Kuehn, Stephen C ^e   Mallon, Gunnar ^c   Amesbury, Matthew J ^f   Charman, Dan J ^f   Daley, Tim J ^g   Loader, Neil J ^h   Mauquoy, Dmitri ⁱ   Street Perrott, F Alayne ^h   Woodman Ralph, Jonathan ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Business Administration and Division of Business and Economics   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^h SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptotephra; EPMA geochemistry; Geochronology; Holocene; Newfoundland; Palaeoclimate; Tephra; Ultra distal tephrochronology; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CRYPTOTEPHRA; HOLOCENES; NEWFOUNDLANDS; PALAEOCLIMATE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH;

VOLCANOES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECISION; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAZAMA;

EID: 84865338833     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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