Effects of tephra falls on vegetation: A Late‐Quaternary record from southern Italy

Impacts of tephra deposition on vegetation are recorded in a series of 10 high temporal resolution absolute pollen diagrams from Lago Grande di Monticchio, each diagram spanning a single tephra deposition event during the last glacial–interglacial cycle. Sediment accumulation rates determined by counting and measurement of annual laminations (“varves”) provide an accurate and precise chronology, enabling the minimum recovery time after a tephra...