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A stalagmite date from Sirijordgrotten, Northern Norway

1982; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 36; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00291958208621961

1502-5292

Stein‐Erik Lauritzen, Shirley St. Pierre,

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

A layer near the bottom of a stalagmite from Sirijordgrotten, Vefsn, Norway, was dated by the uranium decay series disequilibrium method to 7.57 ± 0.42 ka B.P. This suggests that the stalagmite grew in Atlanticum (8000–5000 B.P.), which was the climatic optimum of post-glacial time in Norway. The result fits other stalagmite dates and the retreat of the lowland ice-sheet in Scandinavia.