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Corry Bog, Pennsylvania: A Case Study of the Radiocarbon Dating of Marl

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

P.F. Karrow ,
B.G. Warner  and
P. Fritz
P.F. Karrow
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
B.G. Warner
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
P. Fritz
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Abstract

New radiocarbon dates, carbon and oxygen isotope analyses of mollusks and marl, and palynologic analysis have clarified age relationships at the Corry kettle bog in northwestern Pennsylvania. A 4000-yr difference in radiocarbon dates between basal peat and marl top, previously interpreted as caused by the presence of an unconformity, is reinterpreted as due to “hard-water effects” from carbonate bedrock and glacial deposits. A radiocarbon date of 14,000 yr from basal marl, previously used as a minimum age for glacial deposition, is also likely too old; instead a similar age is estimated for the base of the underlying lake clay. Radiocarbon dates on marl should be used with caution and supported by isotopic and pollen analyses.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , May 1984 , pp. 326 - 336
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University of Washington

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