Deposition of the 2011-2012 Cordõn Caulle tephra (Chile, 40S) in lake sediments: Implications for tephrochronology and volcanology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2555-2573

  Bertrand, Sébastien ^a,c   Daga, Romina ^b   Bedert, Robin ^a,c   Fontijn, Karen ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lake currents; pumice; sediment transport; volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PUMICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CHILE; LOS RIOS [CHILE]; PUYEHUE LAKE; PUYEHUE-CORDON CAULLE; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 85027939023     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003321     Document Type: Article

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