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 …

Tephrostratigraphy, chronology and climatic events of the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene: an overview

G Zanchetta, R Sulpizio, N Roberts, R Cioni… - The …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The identification and characterisation of high-frequency climatic changes during the
Holocene requires natural archives with precise and accurate chronological control, which is …

The marine isotope stage 1–5 cryptotephra record of Tenaghi Philippon, Greece: Towards a detailed tephrostratigraphic framework for the Eastern Mediterranean …

S Wulf, MJ Hardiman, RA Staff, A Koutsodendris… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The iconic climate archive of Tenaghi Philippon (TP), NE Greece, allows the study of short-
term palaeoclimatic and environmental change throughout the past 1.3 Ma. To provide high …

Correlating tephras and cryptotephras using glass compositional analyses and numerical and statistical methods: review and evaluation

DJ Lowe, NJG Pearce, MA Jorgensen… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
We define tephras and cryptotephras and their components (mainly ash-sized particles of
glass±crystals in distal deposits) and summarize the basis of tephrochronology as a …

The pace of East African monsoon evolution during the Holocene

S Weldeab, V Menke… - Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
African monsoon precipitation experienced a dramatic change in the course of the
Holocene. The pace with which the African monsoon shifted from a strong early to middle to …

Tephrochronology and the extended intimate (integration of ice-core, marine and terrestrial records) event stratigraphy 8–128 ka b2k

SPE Blockley, AJ Bourne, A Brauer, SM Davies… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
The comparison of palaeoclimate records on their own independent timescales is central to
the work of the INTIMATE (INTegrating Ice core, MArine and TErrestrial records) network. For …

First tephrostratigraphic results of the DEEP site record from Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania)

N Leicher, G Zanchetta, R Sulpizio, B Giaccio… - …, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
A tephrostratigraphic record covering the Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1–15 was established
for the DEEP site record of Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania). Major element analyses …

[HTML][HTML] A new contribution to the Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy of the Mediterranean: Aegean Sea core LC21

C Satow, EL Tomlinson, KM Grant, PG Albert… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tephra layers preserved in marine sediments can contribute to the reconstruction of volcanic
histories and potentially act as stratigraphic isochrons to link together environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Control of soil mantle thickness and land cover types on groundwater recharge of karst aquifers in Mediterranean areas

D Cusano, D Lepore, V Allocca, P De Vita - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Karst aquifers represent the fundamental groundwater resources in Italy and in many other
countries because supplying urban areas of drinking water and sustaining industrial and …

Olive groves around the lake. A ten-thousand-year history of a Cretan landscape (Greece) reveals the dominant role of humans in making this Mediterranean …

I Jouffroy-Bapicot, T Pedrotta, M Debret, S Field… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The reconstruction of millennial-scale interactions between ecosystems and societies can
provide unique and valuable references for understanding the creation of cultural …