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A Middle Weichselian interstadial lake deposit on Sejerø, Denmark: macrofossil studies and dating
Author(s) -
Bennike Ole,
HoumarkNielsen Michael,
WibergLarsen Peter
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/jqs.1084
Subject(s) - radiocarbon dating , macrofossil , stadial , geology , allerød oscillation , arctic , sediment , absolute dating , radiometric dating , tephra , physical geography , palynology , bay , holocene , oceanography , paleontology , pollen , geography , younger dryas , ecology , biology , volcano
Studies of lake sediments on Sejerø in southern Kattegat indicate a treeless arctic environment with the dwarf shrub Salix polaris , herbs and wetland mosses. The mean July temperature was around 8 to 10°C. An AMS radiocarbon age determination of a Salix twig yielded an age of around 36 000 14 C yr BP, which is in accordance with previous conventional dating of bulk sediment samples. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.