Tephra analysis of sediments from Midge Lake (South Shetland Islands) and Sombre Lake (South Orkney Islands), Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hodgson, DA, Dyson, CL, Jones, VJ, Smellie, JL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD 1998
• Subjects: Deception Island; lakes; Livingston Island; palaeolimnology; Signy Island; tephra; volcanoes; LIVINGSTON-ISLAND; SCOTLAND; Island Lakes; Midge Lake; Sombre Lake; South Orkney Islands; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/53578/

Lake sediment cores from Midge Lake, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands and Sombre Lake, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands were analysed for volcanic tephra using light microscopy and magnetic susceptibility. Cores were dated using published C-14 and Pb-210 chronologies. Electron probe micro...