S03 - Tephrochronology: a powerful tool for unravelling the past
- Lorenzo Monaco*, Earth Science Department - University of Pisa, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
- Alessio di Roberto, INGV Sezione di Pisa, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
- Ivan Sunyé Puchol, Earth Science Department – Sapienza University of Rome, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
- Giuseppe Re, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
- Federica Totaro, DiSTAR Università di Napoli Federico II, Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.
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Tephra and cryptotephra deposits are extensively used as chronological and stratigraphic tools for addressing numerous issues in Quaternary sciences as well as to derive important information on past explosive volcanic activity and the evolution of volcanic systems. Indeed, tephra layers preserved in distal records and characterized by a distinct geochemical signature can be correlated over wide regions acting as isochronous marker horizons and allowing precise correlations and synchronization of past events from regional to global scale. In volcanology, the study of distal tephra is crucial to significantly improve the reconstruction of the explosive history of volcanic systems and provide new insights into their magmatic evolution. Tephra studies also have great importance in archaeological studies, both to investigate the response of civilizations to volcanic eruptions and to date pre-historic settlements when other methods are not adequate. This session aims to provide a complete and up-to-date view on the tephrochronological studies applied within the diverse fields of the Quaternary Sciences and welcomes contributions from scientists which apply tephrochronology in cross-disciplinary studies. In this session, we welcome any contribution employing tephra layers for reconstructing past volcanic events, as well as paleoclimate, paleoenvironmental, palaeontology, and archaeology related studies.