Tephra Studies: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute ”Tephra Studies as a Tool in Quaternary Research”, held in Laugarvatn and Reykjavík, Iceland, June 18–29, 1980

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Tephra Studies and Tephrochronology: A Historical Review with special reference to Iceland....Pages 1-12
Geochronology of Quaternary Tephra Deposits....Pages 13-47
Approximate Dating Of Tephra....Pages 49-64
The Interrelationship between Magnetostratigraphy and Tephrochronology....Pages 65-72
Correlation Techniques in Tephra Studies....Pages 73-94
Tephrochronology by Microprobe Glass Analysis....Pages 95-102
X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis as a Rapid Method of Identifying Tephras Discovered in Archaeological Sites....Pages 103-107
The Application of Tephrochronology in Iceland....Pages 109-134
Use of Tephrochronology in the Quaternary Geology of the United States....Pages 135-160
Tephrochronology and Quaternary Studies in Japan....Pages 161-191
Quaternary Tephra of Northern Central America....Pages 193-211
A Textural Study of Basaltic Tephras from Lower Tertiary Diatomites in Northern Denmark....Pages 213-218
Relations between Tectonics and Volcanism in the Roman Province, Italy....Pages 219-225
Quaternary Tephrochronology in the Mediterranean Region....Pages 227-244
Areal Distribution, Redeposition and Mixing of Tephra within Deep-Sea Sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea....Pages 245-254
Marine Tephrochronology and Quaternary Explosive Volcanism in the Lesser Antilles Arc....Pages 255-280
Tephrochronology at DSDP Site 502 in the Western Caribbean....Pages 281-288
Deep-Sea Record of Cenozoic Explosive Volcanism in the North Atlantic....Pages 289-316
New Zealand Case Histories Of Pyroclastic Studies....Pages 317-330
Tephra Layer “a”....Pages 331-335
Peralkaline Ignimbrite Sequences on Mayor Island, New Zealand....Pages 337-345
The Thorsmörk Ignimbrite: A Review....Pages 347-354
Tephrochronology and its Application to Problems in New-World Archaeology....Pages 355-372
Tephra Layer in Franchthi Cave, Peleponnesos, Greece....Pages 373-379
Tephrochronology and Palaeoecology: The Value of Isochrones....Pages 381-389
Volcanological Applications of Pyroclastic Studies....Pages 391-403
Some Effects of Tephra Falls on Buildings....Pages 405-420
Pyroclastic Flows and Surges: Examples from the Lesser Antilles....Pages 421-425
Base Surge Deposits in Japan....Pages 427-432
Towards a Facies Model for Ignimbrite-Forming Eruptions....Pages 433-439
Violence in Pyroclastic Flow Eruptions....Pages 441-448
Glacier Peak Volcano: Tephrochronology, Eruption History and Volcanic Hazards....Pages 449-455
A Terminology for Pyroclastic Deposits....Pages 457-463
Back Matter....Pages 465-481