Essays about: "Cryptotephra"
Found 2 essays containing the word Cryptotephra.
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1. Assessing the late Holocene14C reservoir age of theChukchi Sea with the AniakchakCFE II tephra 3.6 kyr BP
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografiAbstract : Tephrochronology is a powerful tool to correlate and improve the chronology of sedimentaryarchives in the Arctic Ocean. The Aniakchak Caldera Forming Eruption (CFE) in Alaska at3.6 cal kyr BP ejected ash that were found in a widespread layer in Alaska, and as cryptotephrain the Chukchi Sea, Newfoundland, and Greenland. READ MORE
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2. Tephrochronology of the Last Glacial/Interglacial transition in western Småland, southwestern Sweden
University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)Abstract : Tephrochronology, or the dating and correlation of stratigraphic sediment sequences by the use of tephra, is a dating method that has been much refined in the last decade. This refinement has enabled the detection of cryptotephra, which has expanded the known distribution of different tephras. READ MORE