AMS 14C Dating on the Fossvogur Sediments, Iceland

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Andersen, G. J., Heinemeier, Jan, Nielsen, H. L., Rud, Niels, Thomsen, M. S., Johnsen, Sigfús, Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Árný E., Hjartarson, Árni
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona 1989
• Subjects: Fossvogur; Iceland; Europe; Western Europe; sediments; methods; geochronology; C 14; carbon; dates; isotopes; radioactive isotopes; absolute age
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10150/652921; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200012182

From the 13th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 20-25, 1988. Several new AMS 14C dates on shells from the Fossvogur sea sediments in southern Iceland are reported. Up till now, researchers have assumed that the Fossvogur sediments formed during the last interglacial period (Eem), some 100,000 years ago. However, a recent 14C determination from this location yielded an age of ca 11,000 yr. Because of the importance of these sediments for the Quaternary chronology of Iceland, further sampling for 14C dating was subsequently initiated. The present results on several shell samples collected from the Fossvogur layers strongly indicate that these sediments were formed during the warm Allerød period toward the end of the last glaciation. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact [e-mail] for further information. Migrated from OJS platform February 2021