Raised beach deposits and new 14C ages from Picepynten, Prins Karls Forland, Western Svalbard

Torbjörn Andesson

doi:10.3402/polar.v19i2.6552

Raised beach deposits and new 14C ages from Picepynten, Prins Karls Forland, Western Svalbard

Torbjörn Andesson

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v19i2.6552

Abstract

This note reports the occurrence of two generations of 14C dated raised beach deposits at Pricepynten, southern Prins Karls Forland, western Svalbard, dated to < 12 Kya and >30 Kya. In addition two new 14C ages of ca. 9.2 and 1.8 Ky are presented from Myrilus eclulis and a buried peat deposit, respectively.

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2000-01-12

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Andesson T. (2000). Raised beach deposits and new 14C ages from Picepynten, Prins Karls Forland, Western Svalbard. Polar Research, 19(2), 271-273. https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v19i2.6552

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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2000)

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Research Notes

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