Tephrochronology and its application: a review

DJ Lowe - Quaternary Geochronology, 2011 - Elsevier
Tephrochronology (from tephra, Gk 'ashes') is a unique stratigraphic method for linking,
dating, and synchronizing geological, palaeoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences or …

Fingerprints and age models for widespread New Zealand tephra marker beds erupted since 30,000 years ago: a framework for NZ-INTIMATE

DJ Lowe, PAR Shane, BV Alloway… - Quaternary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
The role of tephras in the NZ-INTIMATE project is a critical one because most high-
resolution palaeoclimatic records are linked and dated by one or more tephra layers. In this …

Mammalian biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through early Pliocene epochs)

RH Tedford, LB Albright, AD Barnosky… - Late Cretaceous and …, 2004 - degruyter.com
S. David Webb, and David P. Whistler united on taxonomic (usually species-level) content
rather than empirical occurrence. They resemble neontological “faunas” as they characterize …

Cryptotephras: the revolution in correlation and precision dating

SM Davies - Journal of Quaternary Science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
From its Icelandic origins in the study of visible tephra horizons, tephrochronology took a
remarkable step in the late 1980 s with the discovery of a ca. 4300‐year‐old microscopic …

Determination of rapid Deccan eruptions across the Cretaceous‐Tertiary boundary using paleomagnetic secular variation: Results from a 1200‐m‐thick section in the …

AL Chenet, F Fluteau, V Courtillot… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Flow‐by‐flow reanalysis of paleomagnetic directions in two sections of the Mahabaleshwar
escarpment, coupled with analysis of intertrappean alteration levels shows that volcanism …

A first chronology for the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) ice core

SO Rasmussen, PM Abbott, T Blunier… - Climate of the …, 2013 - cp.copernicus.org
A stratigraphy-based chronology for the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) ice
core has been derived by transferring the annual layer counted Greenland Ice Core …

Quantitative shape measurements of distal volcanic ash

CM Riley, WI Rose, GJS Bluth - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale volcanic eruptions produce fine ash (< 200 μm) which has a long atmospheric
residence time (1 hour or more) and can be transported great distances from the volcanic …

Identification and elimination of a matrix-induced systematic error in LA–ICP–MS 206Pb/238U dating of zircon

CM Allen, IH Campbell - Chemical Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Link references in abstract. Black et al.(2004) identified a systematic difference between LA–
ICP–MS and TIMS measurements of 206Pb/238U in zircons, which they correlated with the …

Environmental change in the Great Plains: an isotopic record from fossil horses

BH Passey, TE Cerling, ME Perkins… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of fossil horse tooth enamel from Nebraska and Texas
show evidence for late Neogene environmental changes in the Great Plains. The earliest …

Sequence, age, and source of silicic fallout tuffs in middle to late Miocene basins of the northern Basin and Range province

ME Perkins, FH Brown, WP Nash… - Geological …, 1998 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The latest Cenozoic (< 6 Ma) ash beds in the western United States have been
intensively studied for several decades. The more widespread of these ash beds are well …