Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

The marine 14C age of the Vedde Ash Bed along the west coast of Norway

2001; Wiley; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/1099-1417(200101)16

1099-1417

Stein Bondevik, Jan Mangerud, Steinar Gulliksen,

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Journal of Quaternary ScienceVolume 16, Issue 1 p. 3-7 Rapid Communication The marine 14C age of the Vedde Ash Bed along the west coast of Norway Stein Bondevik, Corresponding Author Stein Bondevik Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, NorwayDepartment of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.Search for more papers by this authorJan Mangerud, Jan Mangerud Department of Geology, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, NorwaySearch for more papers by this authorSteinar Gulliksen, Steinar Gulliksen Radiological Dating Laboratory, NTNU, Sem SPIE Fe landsvei 5, N-7034 Trondheim, NorwaySearch for more papers by this author Stein Bondevik, Corresponding Author Stein Bondevik Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, NorwayDepartment of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.Search for more papers by this authorJan Mangerud, Jan Mangerud Department of Geology, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, NorwaySearch for more papers by this authorSteinar Gulliksen, Steinar Gulliksen Radiological Dating Laboratory, NTNU, Sem SPIE Fe landsvei 5, N-7034 Trondheim, NorwaySearch for more papers by this author First published: 02 February 2001 https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1417(200101)16:1 3.0.CO;2-GCitations: 34AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Articulated molluscs, sea urchins and barnacle fragments close to the Vedde Ash Bed in a shallow marine deposit on the west coast of Norway have been 14C dated. The weighted mean of four dates from a sediment slice 8 cm thick centred on the Vedde Ash Bed is 10920 ± 24 14C yr BP. The most accurate 14C age of the Vedde Ash from terrestrial plant macrofossils is 10310 ± 50 yr BP. The difference is the 14C reservoir age for coastal water at the west coast of Norway during the mid-Younger Dryas and equals 610 ± 55 yr. This is 230 yr older than the reservoir age for the Bølling/Allerød and for the present day in this area. The result supports earlier conclusions of a higher reservoir age for the Younger Dryas in the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas, although our reservoir age of 610 ± 55 yr is a few hundred years younger. This suggests that the 14C reservoir age at Vedde Ash time may increase from coastal water towards the open North Atlantic and Nordic Seas. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. References Austin WEN, Bard E, Hunt JB, Kroon D, Peacock JD. 1995. The 14C age of the Icelandic Vedde Ash: implications for Younger Dryas marine reservoir age corrections. Radiocarbon 37: 53–62. Bard E, Arnold M, Mangerud J, Paterne M, Labeyrie L, Duprat J, Mélieres M-A, Sßnstegaard E, Duplessy J-C. 1994. The North Atlantic atmosphere–sea surface 14C gradient during the Younger Dryas climatic event. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 126: 275–287. Birks HH, Gulliksen S, Haflidason H, Mangerud J, Possnert G. 1996. New radiocarbon dates from the Vedde Ash and the Saksunarvatn Ash from western Norway. Quaternary Research 45: 119–127. Bondevik S, Birks HH, Gulliksen S, Mangerud J. 1999. Late Weichselian marine 14C reservoir ages at the western coast of Norway. Quaternary Research 52: 104–114. Grönvold K, Oskarsson N, Johnsen SJ, Clausen HB, Hammer CU, Bond G, Bard E. 1995. Ash layers from Iceland in the Greenland GRIP ice core correlated with oceanic and land sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 135: 149–155. Haflidason H, Sejrup HP, Klitgaard Kristensen D, Johnsen S. 1995. Coupled response of the late glacial climatic shifts of northwest Europe reflected in Greenland ice cores: Evidence from the northern North Sea. Geology 23: 1059–1062. Haflidason H, Eiriksson J, van Kreveld S. 2000. The tephrachronology of Iceland and the North Atlantic region during the Middle and Late Quaternary: a review. Journal of Quaternary Science 15: 3–22. Indrelid S, Myhre B, Krzywinski K, Sßnstegaard E. 1976. Ilandfßring av olje på Sotra. De arkeologiske undersßkelser 1976. Tofterßy-Skottanes-Ågotnes. Historisk Museum, University of Bergen. Koç N, Jansen E, Haflidason H. 1993. Paleoceanographic reconstructions of surface ocean conditions in the Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas through the last 14 ka based on diatoms. Quaternary Science Reviews 12: 115–140. Krzywinski K, Stabell B. 1984. Late Weichselian sea level changes at Sotra, Hordaland, western Norway. Boreas 13: 159–202. Mangerud J. 1977. Late Weichselian marine sediments containing shells, foraminifera, and pollen, at Ågotnes, western Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 57: 23–54. Mangerud J, Gulliksen S. 1975. Apparent radiocarbon ages of Recent marine shells from Norway, Spitsbergen and Arctic Canada. Quaternary Research 5: 263–273. Mangerud J, Lie SE, Furnes H, Kristiansen IL, Lßmo L. 1984. A Younger Dryas ash bed in Western Norway, and its possible correlations with tephra in cores from the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic. Quaternary Research 21: 85–104. Rochon A, De Vernal A, Sejrup HP, Haflidason H. 1998. Palynological evidence of climate and oceanographic changes in the North Sea during the last deglaciation. Quaternary Research 49: 197–207. Stocker TF, Wright DG. 1996. Rapid changes in ocean circulation and atmospheric radiocarbon. Paleoceanography 11: 773–795. Stuiver M, Pearson GW, Braziunas TF. 1986. Radiocarbon age calibration of marine samples back to 9000 cal yr BP. Radiocarbon 28: 980–1021. Stuiver M, Reimer PJ, Braziunas TF. 1998. High-precision radiocarbon age calibration for terrestrial and marine samples. Radiocarbon 40: 1127–1151. Sveinbjörnsdóttir ÁE, Heinemeier J, Kristensen P, Rud N, Geirsdóttir Á, Hardardóttir J. 1998. 14C AMS dating of Icelandic lake sediments. Radiocarbon 40: 865–872. Wastegård S, Björck S, Possnert G, Wohlfarth B. 1998. Evidence for the occurrence of Vedde Ash in Sweden: radiocarbon and calendar age estimates. Journal of Quaternary Science 13: 271–274. Citing Literature Volume16, Issue1January 2001Pages 3-7 ReferencesRelatedInformation