Radiocarbon Studies of Peat Bogs: An Investigation of South Kamchatka Volcanoes and Upper Volga Archaeological Sites
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2001-01-01Keywords
reconstructionmires
bogs
peatlands
Kamchatka Peninsula
Volga region
archaeological sites
Holocene
volcanoes
Russian Pacific regionpaleoclimatologyRussian FederationCommonwealth of Independent StatesAsiaCenozoicQuaternaryC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Zaretskaia, N. E., Ponomareva, V. V., Sulerzhitsky, L. D., & Zhilin, M. G. (2001). Radiocarbon studies of peat bogs: An investigation of South Kamchatka volcanoes and Upper Volga archeological sites. Radiocarbon, 43(2B), 571-580.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
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 14C 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.Type
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