Paleoclimate and paleoceanography over the past 20,000 yr in the Mediterranean Sea Basins as indicated by sediment elemental proxies

F Martinez-Ruiz, M Kastner, D Gallego-Torres… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Marine sediments record paleoenvironmental changes over time through variations in major
and trace element concentrations. The main objective of this paper is to review such …

Cryptotephra as a dating and correlation tool in archaeology

CS Lane, VL Cullen, D White… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
A new development in archaeological chronology involves the use of far travelled volcanic
ash which may form discrete but invisible layers within a site's stratigraphy. Known as …

First integrated tephrochronological record for the last∼ 190 kyr from the Fucino Quaternary lacustrine succession, central Italy

B Giaccio, EM Niespolo, A Pereira, S Nomade… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present the first integrated tephrochronological study (major and trace elemental glass
composition, Sr and Nd isotope analyses, and 40 Ar/39 Ar dating) for the last one tenth (∼ …

Tephrostratigraphy of Grotta del Cavallo, Southern Italy: insights on the chronology of Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Mediterranean

G Zanchetta, B Giaccio, M Bini, L Sarti - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Grotta del Cavallo contains one of the most important stratification of
Mousterian, Uluzzian and Final Epigravettian tecnocomplexes; its chronology is of …

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 …

Tephrochronology of the astronomically-tuned KC01B deep-sea core, Ionian Sea: insights into the explosive activity of the Central Mediterranean area during the last …

DD Insinga, S Tamburrino, F Lirer, L Vezzoli… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a major, trace and rare earth element characterization of single glass shards
from fifteen tephra layers found in the astronomically-tuned KC01B deep-sea core (Ionian …

The late MIS 5 Mediterranean tephra markers: a reappraisal from peninsular Italy terrestrial records

B Giaccio, S Nomade, S Wulf, R Isaia, G Sottili… - Quaternary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
We present new tephrostratigraphic records from the late MIS 5 (ca 110–80 ka) terrestrial
sediments from southern and central Italy. On the one hand, the central Italy record consists …

Marine-continental tephra correlations: volcanic glass geochemistry from the Marsili Basin and the Aeolian Islands, Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy

PG Albert, EL Tomlinson, VC Smith… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2012 - Elsevier
Major, minor and trace element analysis of volcanic glass in proximal and distal (< 2mm)
tephra deposits underpins tephrochronology. This approach has been tested in the Aeolian …

Extending the tephra and palaeoenvironmental record of the Central Mediterranean back to 430 ka: A new core from Fucino Basin, central Italy

B Giaccio, N Leicher, G Mannella, L Monaco… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Here we present the first tephrostratigraphic, palaeomagnetic, and multiproxy data from a
new∼ 98 m-deep sediment core retrieved from the Fucino Basin, central Italy, spanning the …