Radiocarbon dating of a recent high latitude peat profile: Stor Åmyrân, northern Sweden

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Oldfield, F., Thompson, R., Crooks, P.R.J., Gedye, S.J., Hall, V.A., Harkness, D.D., Housley, R.A., McCormac, F.G., Newton, A.J., Pilcher, J.R., Renberg, I., Richardson, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1997
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Askja; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369700700304; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369700700304

The value of both high-precision (HP) and AMS 14 C determinations in the fine-resolution dating of recent peat at Stor Åmyrân, near Umeå, northern Sweden has been explored. A detailed chronology of accumu lation, based on 14 C, an occurrence of the Askja AD 1875 tephra and 241 Am measurements has be...