Tephrochronology of late Cenozoic loess at Fairbanks, central Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-90

  Preece, Shari J ^a   Westgate, John A ^a   Stemper, Becky A ^a   Péwé, Troy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; GLASS; MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

LAST INTERGLACIAL; LOESS DEPOSITION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC FIELD;

SEDIMENTS;

CENOZOIC; LOESS; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879883014     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0071:TOLCLA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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