Revised age estimate of the Mjauvotn tephra A on the Faroe Islands based on Bayesian modelling of C-14 dates from two lake sequences
(2010) In Journal of Quaternary Science 25(5). p.612-616- Abstract
- Tephra horizons are potentially perfect time markers for dating and cross-correlation among diverse Holocene palaeoenvironmental records such as ice cores and marine and terrestrial sequences, but we need to trust their age. Here we present a new age estimate of the Holocene Mjauvotn tephra A using accelerator mass spectrometry C-14 dates from two lakes on the Faroe Islands. With Bayesian age modelling it is dated to 6668-6533 cal. a BP (68.2% confidence interval) - significantly older and better constrained than the previous age. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- author
- Olsen, Jesper ; Gudmundsdottir, Esther Ruth ; Björck, Svante LU ; Odgaard, Bent V. and Heinemeier, Jan
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- publishing date
- 2010
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Faroe Islands, Mjauvotn tephra A, tephrochronology, radiocarbon dating, Holocene
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- Journal of Quaternary Science
- volume
- 25
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 612 - 616
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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- wos:000280448000002
- scopus:77955557544
- ISSN
- 1099-1417
- DOI
- 10.1002/jqs.1405
- language
- English
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- yes
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