Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats

Tephra from historic and prehistoric eruptions of Oraefajøkull and Hekla, Iceland, have been found in Irish peats. Using a series of stratigraphically related high-precision radiocarbon measure ments, the date of a known-age eruption has been satisfactorily estimated. Based on the same techniques, t...

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Published in:The Holocene
Main Authors: Pilcher, J.R., Hall, V.A., McCormac, F.G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1995
Subjects:
Hekla
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500111
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spelling crsagepubl:10.1177/095968369500500111 2024-09-30T14:36:14+00:00 Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats Pilcher, J.R. Hall, V.A. McCormac, F.G. 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500111 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369500500111 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license The Holocene volume 5, issue 1, page 103-110 ISSN 0959-6836 1477-0911 journal-article 1995 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500111 2024-09-17T04:38:47Z Tephra from historic and prehistoric eruptions of Oraefajøkull and Hekla, Iceland, have been found in Irish peats. Using a series of stratigraphically related high-precision radiocarbon measure ments, the date of a known-age eruption has been satisfactorily estimated. Based on the same techniques, the calendrical date of the Hekla 4 eruption has been estimated as 2310 ± 20 BC. Article in Journal/Newspaper Hekla Iceland SAGE Publications The Holocene 5 1 103 110
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description Tephra from historic and prehistoric eruptions of Oraefajøkull and Hekla, Iceland, have been found in Irish peats. Using a series of stratigraphically related high-precision radiocarbon measure ments, the date of a known-age eruption has been satisfactorily estimated. Based on the same techniques, the calendrical date of the Hekla 4 eruption has been estimated as 2310 ± 20 BC.
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Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats
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title Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats
title_short Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats
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title_fullStr Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats
title_full_unstemmed Dates of Holocene Icelandic volcanic eruptions from tephra layers in Irish peats
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