Volcanoes and peat bogs

✍ Scribed by Jane Holmes; Valerie Hall; Peter Wilson

• Book ID: 104460617
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 561 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0266-6979
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2451.1999.1502005.x

✦ Synopsis

Peat bogs in the British Isles contain tephra from volcanic eruptions in Iceland; tephra in the Falkland Islands most likely derives from Andean volcanoes. Study of these far‐travelled volcanic products is making a significant contribution to our understanding of past environmental changes.