An 800-year long, radiocarbon-dated varve chronology from south-eastern Sweden

Boreas

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-257

  Wohlfarth, Barbara ^a   Björck, Svante ^c   Possnert, Göran ^b   Holmquist, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEROD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; RADIOCARBON DATING; VARVE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0344483877     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1998.tb01419.x     Document Type: Article

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