210Pb Dating in shallow moorland pools

  • A. van der Wijk Laboratory for Isotope Physics, Westersingel 34, 9718 CM Groningen, The Netherlands
  • W.G. Mook Laboratory for Isotope Physics, Westersingel 34, 9718 CM Groningen, The Netherlands
Keywords: 210Pb dating, Constant Rate of Supply, Constant Initial Concentration, Palaeolimnology, Lake Acidification

Abstract

Ten cores from seven shallow (average depth less than 2m) moorland pools in the Netherlands have been analysed for 210Pb in an attempt to obtain reliable chronologies to be used in acidification studies. Although the sediment stratigraphy may be disturbed by many external influences, the shape of 210Pb activity versus depth profiles appears to result in reliable chronologies in agreement with biological data. However, the time resolution is primarily determined by uncertainties about the validity of the basic assumptions in the dating model rather than by the accuracy of the measurements.

Published
1987-01-01
How to Cite
A. van der Wijk, & W.G. Mook. (1987). 210Pb Dating in shallow moorland pools. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 43-55. Retrieved from https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/13091
Issue
Volume 66 - 1987
Section
Regular paper
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