The (super 14) C age of palsas in northern Eurasia.

• Main Authors: Vasil, chuk K, Vasil, chuk C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Radiocarbon 1998
• Subjects: periglacial features;Azovy Russian Federation;Igarka Russian Federation;Krasnoyarsk Russian Federation;Kur' ekh River;Lake Kuryngvoilor;palsas;Pangody Russian Federation;Taymyr Dolgan Nenets Russian Federation;Taymyr Peninsula;Tazovski Peninsula;Yenisei River;Ob River;Eurasia;Norway;Canada;Holocene;Russian Federation;Siberia;permafrost;Yakutia Russian Federation;Europe;Western Europe;Scandinavia;peat;Commonwealth of Independent States;sediments;Asia;Cenozoic;Quaternary;C 14;carbon;dates;isotopes;radioactive isotopes;absolute age; Canada; Igarka; Norway; Pangody; Taymyr; Yenisei River; Dolgan-Nenets; nenets; ob river; palsa; palsas; permafrost; Taymyr Peninsula; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/3767

We discuss results of (super 14) C dating peat of palsa of different regions of Northern Eurasia. We apply these dates to determine the age of active palsa growth during different periods of the Holocene in permafrost zone.