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First discovery of Holocene cryptotephra in Amazonia

The use of volcanic ash layers for dating and correlation (tephrochronology) is widely applied in the study of past environmental changes. We describe the first cryptotephra (non-visible volcanic ash horizon) to be identified in the Amazon basin, which is tentatively attributed to a source in the Ec...

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Autores principales: Watson, Elizabeth J., Swindles, Graeme T., Savov, Ivan P., Bacon, Karen L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4616060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26493541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15579