Open AccessRadiocarbon dating of dy and peat in the Getsjö area, Kolmården, Sweden, to determine the rational limit of Picea .
Author(s) -
OLSSON INGRID U.,
FLORIN MAJBRITT
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1980.tb00708.x
Subject(s) - radiocarbon dating , peat , geology , bog , pollen , physical geography , paleontology , archaeology , ecology , geography , biology
Percentage pollen diagrams showing the colonization and development of spruce at Kolmården were established from two adjacent sites: (1) in dy from an enclosed lake and (2) in pine bog peat from the filled lake plain in the southern section of the same lake. Twenty‐three radiocarbon datings from the lake dy, and 16 from the adjacent pine bog peat were processed to yield the dates of the interesting levels in the pollen diagrams. The rational limit and development of Picea is discussed in detail. Traces of late human influence are noted. The radiocarbon results from the lake are apparently a few hundred years too early. The peat yields more reliable ages.