A calendar age estimate of the younger dryas-holocene boundary at Krakenes, Western Norway

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-259

  Gulliksen, Steinar ^a   Birks, Hilary H ^b   Possnert, Göran ^c   Mangerud, Jan ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AMS radiocarbon dating; Krakenes; Lithological boundary; Norway; Radiocarbon calibration; Wiggle matching; Younger Dryas Holocene transition

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0031838727     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398672301347     Document Type: Article

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