Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute `Tephra Studies as a Tool in Quaternary Research', Laugarvatn and Reykjavik, Iceland, June 18-29, 1980

Inhalt

Opening Address.- Tephra Studies and Tephrochronology: An Historical Review with Special Reference to Iceland.- Dating of Tephra.- Geochronology of Quaternary Tephra Deposits.- Approximate Dating Of Tephra.- The Interrelationship between Magnetostratigraphy and Tephrochronology.- Correlation Techniques.- Correlation Techniques in Tephra Studies.- Tephrochronology by Microprobe Glass Analysis.- X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis as a Rapid Method of Identifying Tephras Discovered in Archaeological Sites.- Regional Studies.- The Application of Tephrochronology in Iceland.- Use of Tephrochronology in the Quaternary Geology of the United States.- Tephrochronology and Quaternary Studies in Japan.- Quaternary Tephra of Northern Central America.- A Textural Study of Basaltic Tephras from Lower Tertiary Diatomites in Northern Denmark.- Relations between Tectonics and Volcanism in the Roman Province, Italy.- Deep-Sea Tephra Studies.- Quaternary Tephrochronology in the Mediterranean Region.- Areal Distribution, Redeposition and Mixing of Tephra within Deep-Sea Sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.- Marine Tephrochronology and Quaternary Explosive Volcanism in the Lesser Antilles Arc.- Tephrochronology at DSDP Site 502 in the Western Caribbean.- Deep-Sea Record of Cenozoic Explosive Volcanism in the North Atlantic.- Studies on Individual Volcanoes or Tephra Layers.- New Zealand Case Histories of Pyroclastic Studies.- Tephra Layer "a".- Peralkaline Ignimbrite Sequences on Mayor Island, New Zealand.- The Thorsmörk Ignimbrite: A Review.- Archaeological and Ecological Applications.- Dating of New World Archaeological Sites by Means of Tephra Layers.- Tephra Layer in Franchthi Cave, Peleponnesos, Greece.- Tephrochronology and Palaeoecology: The Value of Isochrones.- Volcanological Applications and Volcanic Hazard Research.- Volcanological Applications of Pyroclastic Studies.- Some Effects of Tephra Falls on Buildings.- Pyroclastic Flows and Surges: Examples from the Lesser Antilles.- Base Surge Deposits in Japan.- Towards A Facies Model for Ignimbrite-Forming Eruptions.- Violence in Pyroclastic Flow Eruptions.- Glacier Peak Volcano: Tephrochronology, Eruption History and Volcanic Hazards.- A Terminology for Pyroclastic Deposits.- List of ASI Participants.