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14C dating of moss peat banks in Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica

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Based on the radiocarbon data of the moss peat banks in Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica, it was calculated that the mean rates of peat accumulation in the upper layer and the lower layer are 0.195 and 0.069 4 mm · a™1 respectively. Based on the radiocarbon date (3 265 ± 120 aBP) and the mean rate of peat accumulation in the lower peat layer, it was calculated that the age of the coast terrace on which the moss peat bank occurs is earlier than 4 300 aBP. During the past 4 300 years the coast terrace has risen about 18 m without apparently being destroyed, and the age of the glacier retreating process in this area is also earlier than 4 300 aBP.

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    Ye Zhao & Rongquan Li

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Zhao, Y., Li, R. 14C dating of moss peat banks in Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica. Chin.Sci.Bull. 44, 1817–1819 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02886168

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