Open AccessThe 1984 symposium on clay‐varve chronology in Stockholm
Author(s) -
LONDOVIST 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.tb00894.x
Subject(s) - varve , geology , chronology , archaeology , physical geography , art history , history , geomorphology , paleontology , geography , sediment
In 1984 the centenary of Gerard De Geer's invention of the clay‐varve dating method was celebrated with a Nordic conference in Stockholm. This paper presents the history of the method as an introduction to the following pages summarizing some of the papers presented at that meeting.