ID:
S_074
Applications of Quaternary tephrochronology across palaeoenvironmental, archaeological and volcanological research
Lead Convener
Christine S. Lane Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. csl44@cam.ac.uk
Co Convener(s)
Paul Albert Department of Geography, University of Swansea, United Kingdom. p.g.albert@swansea.ac.uk Hugo Albaredes UMR EPOC, University of Bordeaux, France. hugo.albaredes@u-bordeaux.fr Jayde Hirniak Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, USA. jhirniak@asu.edu Angesom Resom Kidane (1) School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, USA. (2) Department of Geology, Aksum University, Ethiopia. angesomr@gmail.com Jinheum Park Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. jp932@cam.ac.uk
Session Keywords
Tephra, volcanic ash, event stratigraphy, tephrochronology, cryptotephr
Commission
SACCOM
Abstract Category
Geochronology
Session Description
Tephrochronology is an established chronostratigraphic method in Quaternary science, with common applications in correlating and dating palaeoenvironmental sequences (marine, terrestrial sediments, ice), archaeological stratigraphies and volcanic records. As well as having multi-disciplinary applications, tephrochronology relies on the collaboration and contributions of experts across disciplines, to date, chemically characterise, trace, and model the pathway of a tephra layer from eruption to burial. Well-characterised and dated volcanic ash (tephra and cryptotephra) layers may be traced 100s-1000s of kilometres away from their eruptive source, contributing to interconnected regional tephrostratigraphic frameworks. This session, partnered with the IAVCEI Commission on Tephrochronology, invites contributions demonstrating multidisciplinary applications of Quaternary tephrochronology, as well as studies that advance methodologies for dating and characterising volcanic ash layers.
