Tephrochronology

Lowe, David J.; Alloway, Brent V.

Tephrochronology

dc.contributor.author	Lowe, David J.	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	Alloway, Brent V.	en_NZ
dc.contributor.editor	Rink, W. Jack	en_NZ
dc.contributor.editor	Thompson, Jeroen W.	en_NZ
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-13T21:36:32Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-18	en_NZ
dc.date.available	2015-07-13T21:36:32Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-18	en_NZ
dc.description.abstract	Tephrochronology is the use of primary, characterized tephras or cryptotephras as chronostratigraphic marker beds to connect and synchronize geological, paleoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences or events, or soils/paleosols, and, uniquely, to transfer relative or numerical ages or dates to them using stratigraphic and age information together with mineralogical and geochemical compositional data, especially from individual glass-shard analyses, obtained for the tephra/cryptotephra deposits. To function as an age-equivalent correlation and chronostratigraphic dating tool, tephrochronology may be undertaken in three steps: (i) mapping and describing tephras and determining their stratigraphic relationships, (ii) characterizing tephras or cryptotephras in the laboratory, and (iii) dating them using a wide range of geochronological methods. Tephrochronology is also an important tool in volcanology, informing studies on volcanic petrology, volcano eruption histories and hazards, and volcano-climate forcing. Although limitations and challenges remain, multidisciplinary applications of tephrochronology continue to grow markedly.
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dc.identifier.citation	Lowe, D. J., & Alloway, B. V. (2015). Tephrochronology. In W. J. Rink & J. W. Thompson (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Scientific Dating Methods (pp. 783–799). Dordrecht: Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6304-3_19	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/978-94-007-6304-3_19	en_NZ
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9457
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOf	Encyclopaedia of Scientific Dating Methods	en_NZ
dc.relation.uri	http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/358980.html	en_NZ
dc.rights	This is an authors accepted version of a chapter published in the book: Encyclopaedia of Scientific Dating Methods. © 2015 Springer. Used with permission.
dc.title	Tephrochronology	en_NZ
dc.type	Chapter in Book
pubs.begin-page	783
pubs.elements-id	115382
pubs.end-page	799
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato/FSEN
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato/FSEN/School of Science
pubs.place-of-publication	Dordrecht	en_NZ
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_NZ
uow.identifier.chapter-no	19 (Article ID: 358980)