Late glacial explosive activity on Mount Etna: Implications for proximal-distal tephra correlations and the synchronisation of Mediterranean archives

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 265, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-26

  Albert, P G ^a,b   Tomlinson, E L ^c   Lane, C S ^b   Wulf, S ^d   Smith, V C ^b   Coltelli, M ^e   Keller, J ^f   Lo Castro, D ^e   Manning, C J ^a   Muller W ^a   Menzies, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e Instiuto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glass chemistry; Mount Etna; Plinian; Tephrochronology; Y 1 tephra

Indexed keywords

GLASS CHEMISTRY; MOUNT ETNA; PLINIAN; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; Y-1 TEPHRA;

COASTAL ZONES; EXPLOSIVES; GLASS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEPOSITS;

DEGLACIATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNIMBRITE; LATE GLACIAL; PLINIAN ERUPTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

BASILICATA; CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; LAGO GRANDE DI MONTICCHIO; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POTENZA; SICILY;

PLINIA;

EID: 84884550959     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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