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Gulliksen, Steinar; Birks, Hilary H; Possnert, Göran; Mangerud, Jan (1998): Age determination of sediment core Kråkenes_502-47-01 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.56308, Supplement to: Gulliksen, S et al. (1998): A calendar age estimate of the Younger Dryas-Holocene boundary at Kråkenes, western Norway. The Holocene, 8(3), 249-259, https://doi.org/10.1191/095968398672301347

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Abstract:
The Younger Dryas/Holocene transition (YD/H) in the sediments of Kråkenes Lake, western Nor way, is well marked both lithologically and palaeobiologically at 756.5 cm in the investigated core. A series of 70 AMS radiocarbon dates on terrestrial plant macrofossils and the NaOH-soluble fraction of lake sediment was measured between 585 and 840 cm, covering the time span c. 10 440 to 7915 BP on the radiocarbon timescale. Forty-three of these dates above 760 cm were wiggle-matched against the German oak-pine dendro calibration curve (IntCal 93) with recent corrections in both the oak and the pine sections. With an increase in age of the pine dendro-series of 200 6 20 yr, the calendar age of the YD/H lithostratigraphic boundary at Kråkenes is estimated to 11 530 (+40 -60) cal. BP. By using a date of 9750 BP (11 170 cal. BP) on the transition between the 10 000 and 9600 14C plateaux as a time marker, this result is compared with recent results from other archives. It is consistent with many of them, including the GRIP ice core, German pine series, Lake Go?ciaz, south Swedish lakes, and Baltic varves, suggesting that the Younger Dryas-Holocene transition in the North Atlantic region occurred within the range 11 500-11 600 cal. BP.
Funding:
Fourth Framework Programme (FP4), grant/award no. MAS3980185: Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North
Coverage:
Latitude: 62.033333 * Longitude: 5.000000
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 5.855 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 8.410 m
Event(s):
Kråkenes_502-47-01 * Latitude: 62.033333 * Longitude: 5.000000 * Recovery: 8.42 m * Location: Kråkenes Lake, Norway * Campaign: QUEEN_Exped * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmGeocode
2Depth, top/minDepth topmGulliksen, Steinar
3Depth, bottom/maxDepth botmGulliksen, Steinar
4Age, datedAge datedkaGulliksen, SteinarAge, 14C AMS
5Age, dated standard deviationAge dated std dev±Gulliksen, SteinarAge, 14C AMS
6δ13C, organic carbonδ13C Corg‰ PDBGulliksen, Steinar
7Age, dated materialDated materialGulliksen, Steinar
8CommentCommentGulliksen, Steinar
9Sample code/labelSample labelGulliksen, Steinar
Size:
559 data points

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