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The 14C Age of Palsas in Northern Eurasia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Yurij K. Vasil'Chuk  and
Alla C. Vasil'Chuk
Yurij K. Vasil'Chuk
Affiliation:
Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology and Laboratory of Regional Engineering Geology, Moscow State University, Vorob'yovy Gory, 119899 Moscow, Russia and The Theoretical Problems Department, Russian Academy of Sciences, Denezhnyi pereulok, 12, 121002 Moscow, Russia
Alla C. Vasil'Chuk
Affiliation:
Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology and Laboratory of Regional Engineering Geology, Moscow State University, Vorob'yovy Gory, 119899 Moscow, Russia and The Theoretical Problems Department, Russian Academy of Sciences, Denezhnyi pereulok, 12, 121002 Moscow, Russia
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We discuss results of 14C dating peat of palsa of different regions of Northern Eurasia. We apply these dates to determine the age of active palsa growth during different periods of the Holocene in permafrost zone.

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Part 2: Applications
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 40 , Issue 2: 16th International Radiocarbon Conference June 16-20, 1997 Part 2: Applications, Conference Editors: Willem G. Mook Johannes van der Plicht , 1997 , pp. 895 - 904
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