The Campanian Ignimbrite/Y5 tephra layer - A regional stratigraphic marker for Isotope Stage 3 deposits in the Lower Danube region, Romania

Quaternary International

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-33

  Veres, Daniel ^a,b   Lane, Christine S ^c   Timar Gabor, Alida ^a   Hambach, Ulrich ^d   Constantin, Daniela ^a   Szakács, Alexandru ^e,f   Fülling, Alexander ^d,g   Onac, Bogdan P ^a,h  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEODYNAMICS   (Romania)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASH FLOW; CAMPANIAN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IGNIMBRITE; LOESS; PHONOLITE; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHRA; TRACHYTE; VOLCANIC ASH;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; CARPATHIANS; DANUBE VALLEY; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; OLT; ROMANIA;

EID: 84875614931     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.042     Document Type: Article

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