Abstract:
Tephrostratigraphic dataset of the Pestani site, Lake Ohrid.
The dataset includes information about position (core, core section depth, depth in composite succession), appearance (thickness), age and glass geochemical composition (major, minor elements) of 31 tephra layers identified in the Pestnai site sediment succession from Lake Ohrid. Equivalents of individual tephra layers identified in the DEEP site from Lake Ohrid are given along with the proposed volcanic origin and identified eruptions.
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Wagner, B., Tauber, P., Francke, A., Leicher, N., Binnie, S.A., Cvetkoska, A., Jovanovska, E., Just, J., Lacey, J.H., Levkov, Z., Lindhorst, K., Kouli, K., Krastel, S., Pana-giotopoulos, K., Ulfers, A., Zaova, D., Donders, T.H., Grazhdani, A., Koutsodendris, A., Leng, M.J., Sadori, L., Scheinert, M., Vogel, H., Wonik, T., Zanchetta, G. and Wilke, T. (2022), The geodynamic and limnological evolution of Balkan Lake Ohrid, possibly the oldest extant lake in Europe. Boreas.
Leicher, N., Giaccio, B., Zanchetta, G. et al., (2021), "Lake Ohrid’s tephrochronological dataset reveals 1.36 Ma of Mediterranean explosive volcanic activity." Sci Data 8, 231.
Wagner, B. et al., (2019), "Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years." Nature 573, 256-260.
User Contributed Keyword(s):
glass geochemical composition, EPMA-WDS, major and minor elements, tephra, tephrostratigraphy, tephrochronology, Italian volcanism, Lake Ohrid