An overview of distal tephrochronology in northern Europe during the last 1000 years

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Wastegård, Stefan, Davies, Siwan M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK) 2009
• Subjects: tephra; last millennium; tephrochronology; Europe; Grímsvötn; Geology; Geologi; Askja; Jan Mayen; Lomonosovfonna; Svalbard; Hekla; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-31240; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1269

Several tephra layers from the last millennium have been identified in distal peat and lake sediment sequences in northern Europe, forming a framework of volcanic events of great value for palaeoenvironmental investigations. Most of the tephras within this framework have an origin in Iceland, but di...