AMS 14C Dating on the Fossvogur Sediments, Iceland
Issue Date
1989-01-01Keywords
FossvogurIceland
Europe
Western Europe
sediments
methods
geochronology
C 14
carbon
datesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Andersen, G. J., Heinemeier, J., Nielsen, H. L., Rud, N., Thomsen, M. S., Johnsen, S., ... & Hjartarson, Á. (1989). AMS 14C dating on the Fossvogur sediments, Iceland. Radiocarbon, 31(3), 592-600.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 13th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 20-25, 1988.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
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.Type
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