Tephra redeposition and mixing in a Late-glacial hillside basin determined by fusion of clustering analyses of glass-shard geochemistry

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 789-802

  Pouget, Solène ^a   Bursik, Marcus ^a   Rogova, Galina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Burney spring Mountain; Cluster analysis; Geochemistry; Redeposition; Tephra correlation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LATE GLACIAL; MIXING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDEPOSITION; TEPHRA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939145649     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2752     Document Type: Article

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