Geochemical properties and environmental impacts of seven Campanian tephra layers deposited between 40 and 38 ka BP in the varved lake sediments of Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-83

  Wutke, Kristina ^a,b   Wulf, Sabine ^b   Tomlinson, Emma L ^c   Hardiman, Mark ^d,e   Dulski, Peter ^b   Luterbacher, Jürg ^a   Brauer, Achim ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campanian ignimbrite; Environmental impacts; Lago Grande di Monticchio; Reworked tephra; Tephrochronology; XRF scanning

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; ECOLOGY; GLASS; LAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CAMPANIAN IGNIMBRITE; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; LAGO GRANDE DI MONTICCHIO; REWORKED TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGE DETERMINATION; CAMPANIAN; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HEINRICH EVENT; IGNIMBRITE; INTERSTADIAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BASILICATA; ITALY; LAGO GRANDE DI MONTICCHIO; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POTENZA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 85027927800     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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