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Geochronology of the Holocene of the Belorussian Polessie

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

A. V. Matveev
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Geochemistry and Geophysics, Belorussian Academy of Sciences 7, Zodinskaja St., Minsk 220600 Belorussia
E. A. Krutous
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Geochemistry and Geophysics, Belorussian Academy of Sciences 7, Zodinskaja St., Minsk 220600 Belorussia
V. P. Zernitskaya
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Geochemistry and Geophysics, Belorussian Academy of Sciences 7, Zodinskaja St., Minsk 220600 Belorussia
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Abstract

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We distinguished major stages of the last glaciation (Bølling, Older Dryas, Allerød, Younger Dryas) and the Holocene by radiocarbon dating and paleobotanical analyses. Our paleobotanical investigation of peatlands is well correlated with independent 14C data. We establish that the Atlantic and Subboreal stages of the Holocene have three divisions, and that the Subatlantic has two.

Type
Geochronology and Paleogeography
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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