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

• Main Authors: Oldfield, F., Thompson, R., Crooks, P. R. J., Gedye, S. J., Hall, Valerie 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: 1997
• Subjects: Chronology; Climate change; High latitudes; High-precision dating; Late Holocene; Mass balance; Peat; Radiocarbon; Sweden; Tephra; Faculty of Science\Geography; Research Groups and Centres\Geography\Centre for Quaternary Research; Askja; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/1e1b6574-16b8-c084-0503-67f868454924/1/

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