Faroe Marine Ash Zone IV: a new MIS 3 ash zone on the Faroe Islands margin

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Wastegard, S., Rasmussen, T. L.
• Other Authors: Austin, W. E. N.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society 2014
• Subjects: Faroe Islands; Greenland; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33797/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33797/1/Wastegard.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33797/7/Wastegard_Suppl.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1144/SP398.3

A basaltic tephra layer from MIS 3 has been discovered by analysis of cores from the Faroe Islands margin. The tephra layer appears up to 20 cm thick in some records. After the first main fall-out event the tephra is believed to be mainly deposited and redistributed by bottom currents. Geochemical a...