The Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy of annually laminated sediments from Meerfelder Maar, Germany

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-206

  Lane, Christine S ^a,b   Brauer, Achim ^c   Martín Puertas, Celia ^c   Blockley, Simon P E ^d   Smith, Victoria C ^b   Tomlinson, Emma L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cryptotephra; Lateglacial; Meerfelder Maar; Tephrostratigraphy; Varves

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

CRYPTOTEPHRA; LATEGLACIAL; MEERFELDER MAAR; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY; VARVES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; LAMINATION; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TUFF; VARVE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; EIFEL; GERMANY; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICELAND; ITALY; LAACHER SEE; LAKE HOLZMAAR; MEERFELDER MAAR; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; ULM MAAR;

EID: 84936103771     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.025     Document Type: Article

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