Search for dissertations about: "tephra"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word tephra.

  2. 1. Ashes to ashes : Applications of tephrochronology in Scandinavia

    Author : Simon A. Larsson; Stefan Wastegård; Britta Sannel; Christine Lane; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; tephrochronology; tephrostratigraphy; tephra; palaeoclimate; Last Glacial–Interglacial Transition; Scandinavia; naturgeografi; Physical Geography;

    Abstract : The project presented in this thesis provides two examples of applications of tephrochronology in Scandinavia. The usage of tephra deposits preserved in sediments—i.e. READ MORE

  4. 2. Vegetation on lava fields in the Hekla area, Iceland

    Author : Ágúst H. Bjarnason; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Växtgeografi - Island; Lava fields; Iceland; Hekla area; Tephra;

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  5. 3. Tephra horizons in the North Atlantic region during the Early Holocene

    Author : Ewa Lind; Stefan Wastegård; Margareta Hansson; Britta Sannel; Victoria Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Tephrochronology; geochemical composition; Saksunarvatn Ash; Vedde Ash; Fosen Tephra; Askja-S; palaeoclimate; Younger Dryas; Early Holocene; “XRF ITRAX”; sediment geochemistry; stable isotopes; Faroe Islands; Norway; Sweden; kvartärgeologi; Quaternary Geology;

    Abstract : Uncertainties about the rate and magnitude of future climate change have drawn attention to the climate variability following the Late Glacial-Early Holocene transition, c. 12-8 ka BP. READ MORE

  6. 4. Tephrochronological Studies in Scotland and Sweden

    Author : Carl Lilja; Stefan Wastegård; Ian Matthews; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Geology; geologi;

    Abstract : The study of palaeoclimates, especially the rapid climate changes during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (LGIT ca. 15-8 ka BP), requires precise dating as well as the ability to link climate records over large regional areas. READ MORE

  7. 5. Towards an Early Holocene Tephrochronology for the Faroe Islands: Methodology and first results

    Author : Ewa Lind; Stefan Wastegård; Margareta Hansson; Britta Sannel; Jane Boygle; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Quarternary Geology; kvartärgeologi;

    Abstract : The uncertainties regarding future climate change have put considerable notice to the climate variability following the Late Glacial-Holocene transition (ca. 13-9 ka BP) in the North Atlantic region as well as the forcing mechanisms behind climate changes. READ MORE