Hekla-4 ash, the pine decline in Northern Ireland and the effective use of tephra isochrones: a comment on Hall, Pilcher and McCormac

TY - JOUR

T1 - Hekla-4 ash, the pine decline in Northern Ireland and the effective use of tephra isochrones

T2 - a comment on Hall, Pilcher and McCormac

AU - Edwards, Kevin J.

AU - Dugmore, Andrew J.

AU - Buckland, Paul C.

AU - Blackford, Jeffrey J.

AU - Cook, Gordon T.

N1 - © 1996, © SAGE Publications

PY - 1996

Y1 - 1996

N2 - In response to a paper by Blackford et al. (1992) which showed a coincidence between the deposition of Hekla-4 tephra and a decline of Pinus pollen in two northern Scottish sites, Hall et al. (1994) investigated the tephra/pine pollen relationship at two sites in Northern Ireland. We argue that their sites are inappropriate for such comparison because pine was effectively absent from Co. Antrim long before the deposition of Hekla-4. The opportunity is taken to make some additional points concerning the Irish data and the wider use of tephra isochrones.

AB - In response to a paper by Blackford et al. (1992) which showed a coincidence between the deposition of Hekla-4 tephra and a decline of Pinus pollen in two northern Scottish sites, Hall et al. (1994) investigated the tephra/pine pollen relationship at two sites in Northern Ireland. We argue that their sites are inappropriate for such comparison because pine was effectively absent from Co. Antrim long before the deposition of Hekla-4. The opportunity is taken to make some additional points concerning the Irish data and the wider use of tephra isochrones.

KW - Hekla-4

KW - Ireland

KW - Pine decline

KW - Pinus sylvestris

KW - Scotland

KW - Tephra

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0345221819

U2 - 10.1177/095968369600600415

DO - 10.1177/095968369600600415

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:0345221819

SN - 0959-6836

VL - 6

SP - 495

EP - 497

JO - Holocene

JF - Holocene

IS - 4

ER -