The late MIS 5 Mediterranean tephra markers: A reappraisal from peninsular Italy terrestrial records

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-45

  Giaccio, Biagio ^a   Nomade, Sebastien ^b   Wulf, Sabine ^c   Isaia, Roberto ^d   Sottili, Gianluca ^a   Cavuoto, Giuseppe ^a   Galli, Paolo ^a,e   Messina, Paolo ^a   Sposato, Andrea ^a   Sulpizio, Roberto ^a,f   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^g,h,i  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^e DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Geochemical fingerprinting; X 6, X 5 and C 22 Mediterranean tephra markers

Indexed keywords

40AR/ 39AR DATING; ADRIATIC SEA; AR METHOD; CAMPANIA; CENTRAL ITALY; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CILENTO; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; INTERMOUNTAIN BASINS; LACUSTRINE SEQUENCE; LAGO GRANDE DI MONTICCHIO; MARINE TEPHRA; SOUTHERN ITALY; TEPHRA LAYERS; TEPHRAS; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS; X-6, X-5 AND C-22 MEDITERRANEAN TEPHRA MARKERS;

ALKALINITY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGON;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OUTCROP; QUATERNARY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CILENTO; ITALY; SALERNO;

EID: 84867234863     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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