Preservation of thin tephra

Abstract The preservation of thin (<300 mm thick) tephra falls was investigated at four sites in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Alaska and Washington, USA. Measurements of the variations in the thickness of: (i) Tibito Tephra 150 km downwind from the source, Long Island (PNG) erupted mid-seventeenth cen...

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Main Authors: Russell Blong, Neal Enright, Paul Grasso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Applied Volcanology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13617-017-0059-4