Holocene tephras in lake cores from northern British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Lakeman, Thomas R., Clague, John J., Menounos, Brian, Osborn, Gerald D., Jensen, Britta J.L., Froese, Duane G.
• Other Authors: Hollings, A.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2008
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Dease Lake; Iskut; Finlay River; Bob Quinn Lake; Iskut River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e08-035; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/E08-035; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/E08-035

Sediment cores recovered from alpine and subalpine lakes up to 250 km apart in northern British Columbia contain five previously unrecognized tephras. Two black phonolitic tephras, each 5–10 mm thick, occur within 2–4 cm of each other in basal sediments from seven lakes in the Finlay River – Dease L...