AMS radiocarbon dating of glacigenic sediments with low organic carbon content - An important tool for reconstructing the history of glacial variations in Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 59-92

  Olsen, Lars ^a   Van Der Borg, Klaas ^b   Bergstrøm, Bjørn ^a   Sveian, Harald ^a   Lauritzen, Stein Erik ^c   Hansen, Geir ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Surface Geochemical Services AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

AMS 14 C analysis; Geochronological methods; Glacial curves; Glacial variations; Quaternary stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347186959     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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