Cryptotephras in European Arctic: extending tephrochronology to northern Finland and Russia

• Main Author: Elena Garova 1996-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Gjóska; Gjóskulög; Gjóskudreifing; Ísland; Norðlægar slóðir; Arctic; Kola Peninsula; Garry; Katla; Askja; Veiðivötn; Climate change; Hekla; kola peninsula; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/37152

Tephrochronology is a powerful method for correlating geological and archeological sequences by utilizing geochemically fingerprinted tephra layers (volcanic ash). Tephra of Icelandic origin is often dispersed to Europe and by studying minor amounts of fine-grained volcanic glass, cryptotephra, it i...