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Cryptotephra Analysis

Cryptotephra Analysis is a specialized method within volcanic ash stratigraphy that involves the detection, identification, and geochemical characterization of cryptic, often microscopic volcanic ash deposits (cryptotephras) dispersed in geological archives, distinguished from conventional tephra analysis by its reliance on laboratory-based microanalytical techniques to uncover ash layers not visible to the naked eye.

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3.9K

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332

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197

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2017–2026

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Ash from the Toba supereruption in Lake Malawi shows no volcanic winter in East Africa at 75 ka

Christine Lane, Ben T. Chorn, Thomas C. Johnson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 204 citations · Full text

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High spatial resolution electron probe microanalysis of tephras and melt inclusions without beam-induced chemical modification

Chris Hayward · The Holocene · 2011 · 201 citations

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Cryptotephras: the revolution in correlation and precision dating

Siwan M. Davies · Journal of Quaternary Science · 2015 · 170 citations · Full text

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The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya)

Katerina Douka, Zenobia Jacobs, Christine Lane et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2013 · 141 citations · Full text

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

David J. Lowe, Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Murray Jorgensen et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews · 2017 · 141 citations · Full text

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Authors

332

  1. SM
    Siwan M. Davies

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 515 citations

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  2. CL
    Christine Lane

    Oxford Archaeology, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 663 citations

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  3. PM
    Peter M Abbott

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 200 citations

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  4. SW
    Stefan Wastegård

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    7 publications · 143 citations

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  5. GT
    Graeme T. Swindles

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 291 citations

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Institutions

197

  1. Swansea University

    Swansea, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    30 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Oxford Archaeology

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    980 citations

  4. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    271 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    521 citations

  7. Geological Survey of Japan

    Tsukuba, Japan

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    316 citations

  8. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    842 citations

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  1. Quaternary Science Reviews

    18 publications · 883 citations

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  2. Journal of Quaternary Science

    JQS · 20 publications · 707 citations

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  3. Quaternary Geochronology

    6 publications · 208 citations

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  4. The Holocene

    6 publications · 438 citations

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  5. Quaternary International

    5 publications · 152 citations

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