A tephra lattice for Greenland and a reconstruction of volcanic events spanning 25-45 ka b2k

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-141

  Bourne, A J ^a   Cook, E ^a   Abbott, P M ^a   Seierstad, I K ^b   Steffensen, J P ^b   Svensson, A ^b   Fischer, H ^c   Schupbach S ^c   Davies, S M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryptotephra; Greenland ice cores; Iceland; Rapid climate changes; Tephrochronological framework; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CRYPTOTEPHRA; GREENLAND ICE CORES; ICELANDS; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY;

ICE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; GRIP; ICE COMMUNITY; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NORTHGRIP; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SYNCHRONY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GLASS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; GRIMSVOTN; ICELAND; KVERKFJOLL;

EID: 85027923765     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.017     Document Type: Review

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