Open AccessA symposium on dating methods covering the period 15–130 ka before the present
Author(s) -
MANGERUD JAN
Publication year - 1985
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.1502-3885.1985.tb00731.x
Subject(s) - radiocarbon dating , geology , chronology , period (music) , quaternary , stratigraphy , thermoluminescence dating , absolute dating , archaeology , paleontology , geography , physics , acoustics , tectonics
A Nordic symposium, with several invited speakers from other countries, was held in Lund, Sweden, in February 1985. The aim was to evaluate dating methods that could be used within the project ‘Late Quaternary stratigraphy in Norden’. Some of the conclusions were: A more optimistic view was expressed about uranium‐series dating of molluscs. The radiocarbon method offers a potential for some samples of an age up to 40–50 ka. Thermoluminescence dating is now established as an important method for some sediments of Late Quaternary age. Aminoacid analysis is used with success to establish a relative chronology on carbonate fossils.