Towards a European tephrochronological framework for Termination 1 and the Early Holocene
The record of deposition of tephras in Europe and the North Atlantic during the period 18.5–8.0 14 C ka BP (the Last Termination and Early Holocene) is reviewed. Altogether, 34 tephras originating from four main volcanic provinces (Iceland, the Eifel district, the Massif Central and Italy) have been...
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ftunivreading:oai:centaur.reading.ac.uk:23407 2024-02-11T10:05:11+01:00 Towards a European tephrochronological framework for Termination 1 and the Early Holocene Davies, Siwan M. Branch, Nicholas P. Lowe, J. John Turney, Chris S. M. 2002 https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/23407/ unknown Royal Society Davies, S. M., Branch, N. P. <https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000995.html> orcid:0000-0001-8826-0365 , Lowe, J. J. and Turney, C. S. M. (2002) Towards a European tephrochronological framework for Termination 1 and the Early Holocene. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 360 (1793). pp. 767-802. ISSN 1471-2962 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0964 <https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0964> Article PeerReviewed 2002 ftunivreading https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0964 2024-01-25T23:54:06Z The record of deposition of tephras in Europe and the North Atlantic during the period 18.5–8.0 14 C ka BP (the Last Termination and Early Holocene) is reviewed. Altogether, 34 tephras originating from four main volcanic provinces (Iceland, the Eifel district, the Massif Central and Italy) have been identified so far in geological sequences spanning this time–interval. Most of the records have been based, until very recently, on observations of visible layers of tephras. Here, we report on the potential for extending the areas over which some of the tephras can be traced by the search for layers of micro–tephra, which are not visible to the naked eye, and on the use of geochemical methods to correlate them with known tephra horizons. This approach has greatly extended the area in Northern Europe over which the Vedde Ash can be traced. The same potential exists in southern Europe, which is demonstrated for the first time by the discovery of a distinct layer of micro–tephra of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff in a site in the Northern Apennines in Italy, far to the north of the occurrences of visible records of this tephra. The paper closes by considering the potential for developing a robust European tephrostratigraphy to underpin the chronology of records of the Last Termination and Early Holocene, thereby promoting a better understanding of the nature, timing and environmental effects of the abrupt climatic changes that characterized this period. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland North Atlantic CentAUR: Central Archive at the University of Reading Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 360 1793 767 802 |
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The record of deposition of tephras in Europe and the North Atlantic during the period 18.5–8.0 14 C ka BP (the Last Termination and Early Holocene) is reviewed. Altogether, 34 tephras originating from four main volcanic provinces (Iceland, the Eifel district, the Massif Central and Italy) have been identified so far in geological sequences spanning this time–interval. Most of the records have been based, until very recently, on observations of visible layers of tephras. Here, we report on the potential for extending the areas over which some of the tephras can be traced by the search for layers of micro–tephra, which are not visible to the naked eye, and on the use of geochemical methods to correlate them with known tephra horizons. This approach has greatly extended the area in Northern Europe over which the Vedde Ash can be traced. The same potential exists in southern Europe, which is demonstrated for the first time by the discovery of a distinct layer of micro–tephra of the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff in a site in the Northern Apennines in Italy, far to the north of the occurrences of visible records of this tephra. The paper closes by considering the potential for developing a robust European tephrostratigraphy to underpin the chronology of records of the Last Termination and Early Holocene, thereby promoting a better understanding of the nature, timing and environmental effects of the abrupt climatic changes that characterized this period. |
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Davies, Siwan M. Branch, Nicholas P. Lowe, J. John Turney, Chris S. M. Towards a European tephrochronological framework for Termination 1 and the Early Holocene |
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Towards a European tephrochronological framework for Termination 1 and the Early Holocene |
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Towards a European tephrochronological framework for Termination 1 and the Early Holocene |
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Towards a European tephrochronological framework for Termination 1 and the Early Holocene |
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