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dc.contributor.authorLawson, Ian T.
dc.contributor.authorSwindles, Graeme T.
dc.contributor.authorPlunkett, Gill
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, David
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-09T17:31:02Z
dc.date.available2015-01-09T17:31:02Z
dc.date.issued2012-05-18
dc.identifier138565394
dc.identifierb7d0e495-98fc-4463-bf43-ce773129b2aa
dc.identifier000304568400005
dc.identifier84859635589
dc.identifier.citationLawson , I T , Swindles , G T , Plunkett , G & Greenberg , D 2012 , ' The spatial distribution of Holocene cryptotephras in north-west Europe since 7 ka : implications for understanding ash fall events from Icelandic eruptions ' , Quaternary Science Reviews , vol. 41 , pp. 57-66 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.018en
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-3547-2425/work/75996903
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/5984
dc.description.abstractWe present distribution maps for all cryptotephras (distal volcanic ash layers) younger than 7 ka that have been reported from three or more lakes or peatlands in north-west Europe. All but one of the tephras originates from Iceland; the exception has been attributed to Jan Mayen. We find strong spatial patterning in tephra occurrence at the landscape scale; most, but not all of the tephra occurrences are significantly spatially clustered, which likely reflects atmospheric and weather patterns at the time of the eruptions. Contrary to expectations based on atmospheric modelling studies, tephras appear to be at least as abundant in Ireland and northern Scotland as in Scandinavia. Rhyolitic and other felsic tephras occur in lakes and peatlands throughout the study region, but andesitic and basaltic tephras are largely restricted to lake sites in the Faroe Islands and Ireland. Explanations of some of these patterns will require further research on the effects of different methodologies for locating and characterizing cryptotephras. These new maps will help to guide future investigations in tephrochronology and volcanic hazard analysis.
dc.format.extent10
dc.format.extent1419763
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofQuaternary Science Reviewsen
dc.subjectIcelanden
dc.subjectJan Mayenen
dc.subjectTephraen
dc.subjectPeaten
dc.subjectLake sedimenten
dc.subjectVolcanic ashen
dc.subjectEyjafjallajokullen
dc.subjectTephrochronologyen
dc.subjectVolcanic hazard analysisen
dc.subjectTephra layersen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectSedimentsen
dc.subjectScotlanden
dc.subjectAtlanticen
dc.subjectRecorden
dc.subjectVariabilityen
dc.subjectIsochronesen
dc.subjectGB Physical geographyen
dc.subject.lccGBen
dc.titleThe spatial distribution of Holocene cryptotephras in north-west Europe since 7 ka : implications for understanding ash fall events from Icelandic eruptionsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Instituteen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.018
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379112001059#appd001en


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