A Middle Weichselian interstadial lake deposit on Sejerø, Denmark: macrofossil studies and dating

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Bennike, Ole, Houmark‐Nielsen, Michael, Wiberg‐Larsen, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Kattegat; Salix polaris
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1084; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.1084; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.1084

Abstract Studies of lake sediments on Sejerø in southern Kattegat indicate a treeless arctic environment with the dwarf shrub Salix polaris , herbs and wetland mosses. The mean July temperature was around 8 to 10°C. An AMS radiocarbon age determination of a Salix twig yielded an age of around 36 000 14 C yr BP, which is in accordance with previous conventional dating of bulk sediment samples. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.