Advancing tephrochronology as a global dating tool: Applications in volcanology, archaeology, and palaeoclimatic research
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Publication Date
2017-05-01Journal Title
Quaternary Geochronology
ISSN
1871-1014
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
40
Pages
1-7
Language
English
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Article
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Lane, C., Lowe, D., Blockley, S., Suzuki, T., & Smith, V. (2017). Advancing tephrochronology as a global dating tool: Applications in volcanology, archaeology, and palaeoclimatic research. Quaternary Geochronology, 40 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2017.04.003
Abstract
Layers of far-travelled volcanic ash (tephra) from explosive volcanic eruptions provide stratigraphic and numerical dating horizons in sedimentary and volcanic sequences. Such tephra layers may be dispersed over tens to thousands of kilometres from source, reaching far beyond individual volcanic regions. Tephrochronology is consequently a truly global dating tool, with applications increasingly widespread across a range of Quaternary and geoscience disciplines. This special issue of the International Focus Group on Tephrochronology and Volcanism (INTAV) showcases some of the many recent advances in tephrochronology, from methodological developments to diverse applications across volcanological, archaeological, and palaeoclimatological research.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2017.04.003
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/263728
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