The 14 C Content of Modern Vegetation Samples from the Flanks of the Katla Volcano, Southern Iceland

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Shore, J. S., Cook, G. T., Dugmore, A. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1995
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Archeology; Katla; Mýrdalur; Engimýri; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200031015; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200031015

Samples of living terrestrial plants comprising a moss ( Calliergon sp.), Carex spp. and Alchemilla spp. were collected from the surface of the mire at Engimýri in Mýrdalur, southern Iceland, 10 km from the crater rim of the central complex of the Katla volcano. This area is 16 km from the fissures...