Snapshots in time: precise correlations of peat-based proxy climate records in Scotland using mid-Holocene tephras

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Langdon, P. G., Barber, K. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2004
• Subjects: Garry; Hekla; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/0959683604hl686rp; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1191/0959683604hl686rp

Mid-Holocene tephra layers have been located and geochemically analysed from seven ombrotrophic bogs in Scotland. The tephras found in these Scottish peats occur as stratigraphically discrete horizons, not visible to the naked eye, and originate from volcanic activity in Iceland. Identifying and geo...