Volcanic ash provenance from zircon dust with an application to Maya pottery

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 595-598

  Coffey, Kevin T ^a   Schmitt, Axel K ^a   Ford, Anabel ^b   Spera, Frank J ^b   Christensen, Constance ^c   Garrison, Jennifer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Ventura College   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLASS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTTERY; ELEMENT RATIOS; HIGH SILICAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE SOURCE; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; VOLCANIC ASH; ZIRCON CRYSTALS;

ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DUST; MARKER BED; PROVENANCE; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZIRCON;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; ILOPANGO CALDERA; SAN SALVADOR [EL SALVADOR];

EID: 84903647233     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35376.1     Document Type: Article

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