The detailed tephrostratigraphy of a core from the south-east Black Sea spanning the last ~60 ka

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 675-690

  Cullen, Victoria L ^a   Smith, Victoria C ^a   Arz, Helge W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatolian volcanoes; Black Sea; Campanian ignimbrite; Cryptotephra; Minoan tephra

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; IGNIMBRITE; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

BLACK SEA; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

THERA;

EID: 84924421788     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2739     Document Type: Article

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