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The geochemical characterization and correlation of Late Holocene tephra layers at Ambra Crater and Kuk Swamp, Papua New Guinea

Coulter, Sarah; Denham, Timothy; Turney, Chris S.M.; Hall, Valerie

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Major element geochemical analyses of volcanic glass shards from visible, macroscopic tephra layers in Papua New Guinea were used to test field-based correlations between local Late Holocene sequences. Previously, synchronization of sediment records at archaeological and palaeoecological sites across the Papua New Guinea highlands had been based largely on the physical properties and stratigraphic relationships of visible volcanic layers. The geochemical analysis of tephra-derived glass...[Show more]

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Date published: 2009
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/75081
Source: Geological Journal
DOI: 10.1002/gj

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