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Radiocarbon Sample Information
Gd-1285 Gardno Ga-D2a Age: 5380 ± 55 BP |
Sample name: | Gardno Ga-D2a |
Submitter: | Rotnicki Karol |
Institution: |
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza Instytut Geografii ul. Fredry 10 Poznań |
Collector: Date of collection: |
Wojciechowski Adam Feb 1980 |
Additional information: | From depth 185 to 140cm below water level, top of peat layer ca 1,2m thick, overlain by brown gyttja. S shore, 600m N of Retowo village. |
Material of sample: | peat |
Contamination: | |
Type of site: | core |
Field of study: | geomorphology |
Sample location: | |
Site name: | Gardno |
Latitude: | 54 38 00N |
Longitude: | 17 07 00E |
Detailed description of the sample location: | |
Slovinian Coastline. | |
Environment description: | |
Basin of Gardno Lake is filled by organic deposits lying on the bottom sands. In prevailing part of the lake immediately on sands are laing peats of thickness from few cm to 3m, covered by gyttja. Considerable area S of lake is occupied by peatbog with peat thickness of 2-6m. |
References to literature: | Radiocarbon Data List IX |
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