Global tephra studies: role and importance of the international tephra research group "Commission on Tephrochronology" in its first 60 years

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Global tephra studies: role and importance of the international tephra research group "Commission on Tephrochronology" in its first 60 years

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Tephrochronology is a correlational and age-equivalent dating method whereby practitioners characterize, map, and date tephra (or volcanic ash) layers and use them stratigraphically as connecting and dating tools in the geosciences (including volcanology) and in studies of past environments and archaeology. Modern tephra studies per se began around 100 years ago (in the 1920s), but the first collective of tephrochronologists with a common purpose and nascent global outlook was not formed unti...

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2022-07-12

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Lowe, David J. / Abbott, Peter M. / Suzuki, Takehiko / Jensen, Britta J. L.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/15024

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Science & Technology / Arts & Humanities / Physical Sciences / Geosciences, Multidisciplinary / History & Philosophy Of Science / Geology / History & Philosophy of Science / TRACING MARINE CRYPTOTEPHRAS / ELECTRON-MICROPROBE ANALYSIS / VOLCANIC GLASS SHARDS / DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS / ABLATION ICP-MS / NEW-ZEALAND / NORTH-ATLANTIC / DISTAL TEPHROCHRONOLOGY / EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS / LAST TERMINATION

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