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Marker Horizons

Marker Horizon is a stratigraphic unit distinguished by unique, widespread, and time-specific characteristics, such as a volcanic ash layer, that enables precise temporal correlation across geographically separated sedimentary sequences.

112

Publications

5.6K

Citations

366

Authors

172

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

7

Variants

Index HorizonsKey BedsMarker Beds

Parents

Publications

112

Mississippi Deltaic Wetland Survival: Sedimentation Versus Coastal Submergence

Robert H. Baumann, John W. Day, Carolyn A. Miller · Science · 1984 · 377 citations

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Relationships among vertical accretion, coastal submergence, and erosion in a Louisiana Gulf Coast marsh

R. D. DeLaune, Robert H. Baumann, James G. Gosselink · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1983 · 258 citations

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Holocene Key-Marker Tephra Layers in Kamchatka, Russia

O A Braitseva, L. D. Sulerzhitsky, J.C. Bailey · Quaternary Research · 1997 · 175 citations · Full text

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Volcanic ash layers from the Last Glacial Termination in the NGRIP ice core

Anette K. Mortensen, Matthias Bigler, Karl Grönvold et al. · Journal of Quaternary Science · 2005 · 174 citations

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Geochemistry, dispersal, volumes and chronology of Holocene silicic tephra layers from the Katla volcanic system, Iceland

Guðrún Larsen, Anthony Newton, Andrew Dugmore et al. · Journal of Quaternary Science · 2001 · 157 citations

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Authors

366

  1. DF
    Dieter Franke

    Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany

    3 publications · 129 citations

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  2. SM
    Siwan M. Davies

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 224 citations

    3

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  3. JW
    John W. Day

    Louisiana State University, United States

    3 publications · 476 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. RH
    Robert H. Baumann

    Louisiana State University, United States

    2 publications · 635 citations

    2

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  5. KH
    K. Hinz

    Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany

    2 publications · 94 citations

    2

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Institutions

172

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    499 citations

  2. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    297 citations

  3. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    852 citations

  4. Geological Institute

    Moscow, Russia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    246 citations

  5. Swansea University

    Swansea, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    400 citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    724 citations

  7. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    596 citations

  8. Eötvös Loránd University

    Budapest, Hungary

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    225 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Quaternary Science

    JQS · 9 publications · 668 citations

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  2. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 5 publications · 333 citations

    5

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  3. The Holocene

    5 publications · 340 citations

    5

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  4. Quaternary Research

    QR · 5 publications · 330 citations

    5

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  5. Geological Society London Special Publications

    4 publications · 115 citations

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