Spatial variability of tephra and carbon accumulation in a Holocene peatland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 248-264

  Watson, E J ^a   Swindles, G T ^a   Lawson, I T ^b   Savov, I P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Ireland; Peatlands; Spheroidal carbonaceous particles; Tephrostratigraphy; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

IRELAND; PEAT LAND; SPHEROIDAL CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ASH;

WETLANDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH;

ICELAND; IRELAND;

EID: 84939147666     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.025     Document Type: Article

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