Radiocarbon reservoir ages from freshwater lakes, South Georgia, sub-antarctic: Modern analogues from particulate organic matter and surface sediments

Radiocarbon

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 621-626

  Moreton, Steven G ^a   Rosqvist, Gunhild C ^b   Davies, Sarah J ^c   Bentley, Michael J ^d  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOTURBATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); LAKE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT; SUSPENSION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644335697     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200035669     Document Type: Article

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