Expanding the tephrostratigraphical framework for the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, by combining compositional and textural tephra characterisation

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 340, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-61

  Liu, E J ^a   Oliva, M ^b   Antoniades, D ^c   Giralt, S ^d   Granados, I ^e   Pla Rabes, S ^f   Toro, M ^g   Geyer, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e Forest Research Institute   (Spain)

^f CREAF   (Spain)

^g Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Deception Island; Lake sediments; Livingston Island; Tephrostratigraphy; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

ANTARCTICA; DECEPTION ISLAND; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; BYERS PENINSULA; DECEPTION ISLAND; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84940092682     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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