Tephrochronology (from tephra, Gk 'ashes') is a unique stratigraphic method for linking,
dating, and synchronizing geological, palaeoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences or …

The North Atlantic INTIMATE group of the INQUA Palaeoclimate Commission has previously
recommended an Event Stratigraphy approach for the synchronisation of records of the Last …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

The Greenland ice core from NorthGRIP (NGRIP) contains a proxy climate record across the
Pleistocene–Holocene boundary of unprecedented clarity and resolution. Analysis of an …

The INTIMATE protocol for the correlation of marine ice core and terrestrial records is here
updated, reflecting recent developments in palaeoclimate research. Originally focussed on …

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 …

Marked changes in human dispersal and development during the Middle to Upper
Paleolithic transition have been attributed to massive volcanic eruption and/or severe …

What does it take for a volcanic eruption to really shake the world? Did volcanic eruptions
extinguish the dinosaurs, or help humans to evolve, only to decimate their populations with a …

The research project 'Response of Humans to Abrupt Environmental Transitions'(RESET)
used tephra layers to tie together and synchronise the chronologies of stratigraphic records …

In recent years, increased awareness of the considerable potential offered by
tephrochronology in palaeoclimatic studies has fuelled a renewed interest in the tephra …