Ice-Core Dating of the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary Applied to a Calibration of the 14 C Time Scale

Seasonal variations in 18 O content, in acidity, and in dust content have been used to count annual layers in the Dye 3 deep ice core back to the Late Glacial. In this way the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary has been absolutely dated to 8770 BC with an estimated error limit of ± 150 years. If compared...

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Published in:Radiocarbon
Main Authors: Hammer, Claus U, Clausen, Henrik B, Tauber, Henrik
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1986
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Archeology
Dye 3
Dye-3
ice core
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200007384
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200007384
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Summary:Seasonal variations in 18 O content, in acidity, and in dust content have been used to count annual layers in the Dye 3 deep ice core back to the Late Glacial. In this way the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary has been absolutely dated to 8770 BC with an estimated error limit of ± 150 years. If compared to the conventional 14 C age of the same boundary a value of Δ 14 C = 53 ± 13‰ is obtained. This Δ 14 C value suggests that 14 C levels during the Late Glacial were not substantially higher than during the Postglacial.

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