Radiocarbon studies of peat bogs; an investigation of South Kamchatka volcanoes and upper Volga archaeological sites.

We have undertaken extensive programs of natural radiocarbon measurement to date the evidence for various events buried in peat bogs. Two case studies are described here: 1) the chronological reconstruction of South Kamchatka volcanic eruptions and, 2) investigation of multi-layered archeological si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zaretskaia, N E, Ponomareva, V V, Sulerzhitsky, L D, Zhilin, M G
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Radiocarbon 2001
Subjects:
reconstruction;mires;bogs;peatlands;Kamchatka Peninsula;Volga region;archaeological sites;Holocene;volcanoes;Russian Pacific region;paleoclimatology;Russian Federation;Commonwealth of Independent States;Asia;Cenozoic;Quaternary;C 14;carbon;dates;isotopes;radioactive isotopes;absolute age
Kamchatka Peninsula
Pacific
Kamchatka
Online Access:https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/3888
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Summary:We have undertaken extensive programs of natural radiocarbon measurement to date the evidence for various events buried in peat bogs. Two case studies are described here: 1) the chronological reconstruction of South Kamchatka volcanic eruptions and, 2) investigation of multi-layered archeological sites in the Upper Volga River Basin. Studies of sample composition and peat taphonomy allowed us to determine the source of (super 14) C age deviations and to reconstruct the environmental history of organic matter accumulation. Data sets, obtained from different types of peat bog and containing traces of these Holocene events, are discussed.

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