Extending the late holocene tephrochronology of the central Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

• Main Authors: Payne, Richard, Blackford, Jeffrey J
• Other Authors: Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Institute of North America 2008
• Subjects: tephra; cryptotephra; peatlands; Alaska; volcanoes; electron probe microanalysis; Hayes; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/17222; http://www.jstor.org/stable/40513024; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/17222/1/PayneBlackfordproofKenaiTephra.pdf

Tephrochronology, the reconstruction of past volcanic ash deposition, provides a valuable method for dating sediments and determining long-term volcanic history. Tephra layers are highly numerous in Alaska, but knowledge of their occurrence and distribution is incomplete. This study expands the regi...