14C Chronostratigraphic Techniques in Paleolimnology

  • Svante Björck
  • Barbara Wohlfarth
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Part of the Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research book series (DPER, volume 1)

Keywords

14C dating lake sediments sources of error chronostratigraphic tool high resolution dating 14C calibration absolute dating techniques dating strategies 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Svante Björck
    • 1
  • Barbara Wohlfarth
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Quaternary GeologyLund UniversityLundSweden

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