A high resolution tephrochronological record of MIS 14-12 in the Southern Apennines (Acerno Basin, Italy)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 274, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-50

  Petrosino, P ^a   Jicha, B R ^b   Mazzeo, F C ^a   Russo Ermolli, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Latial volcanoes; Middle Pleistocene; Pollen; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894443431     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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