Essays about: "14C-dating"
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6. Öjingsvallen vid sjön Öjingen : en pollenanalytisk studie av en fäbodvall i Ängersjö, Hälsingland
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : By using pollen analysis and 14C-dating, the history of vegetation and land use at the old shieling place (Sw: fäbodställe) Öjingsvallen in Ängersjö parish, central Sweden, was studied. The aim of the study was to answer the following questions: 1) When was Öjingsvallen established as a shieling place? 2) What was the land use at Öjingsvallen? 3) Was the use of Öjingsvallen as a shieling place affected by the agricultural crisis in the 14th and 15th centuries? 4) Is there any relation between the establishment and land use of Öjingsvallen as a shieling place and the historically known increase in the number of shieling sites known to have taken place in the 16th and 17th centuries? 5) Was the use of Öjingsvallen as a shieling place affected by the iron production in the area? According to the study, Öjingsvallen was probably established as a shieling place during the period A. READ MORE
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7. Late holocene dune activity at Sandhammaren, southern Sweden : chronology and the role of climate, vegetation, and human impact
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: De begravda jordmånsbildningarna vid Sandhammaren och Skanörs ljung, södra Sverige, är lokaliserade inom kustnära dynlandskap som har bildas i response till land-och havsnivåförändringar efter den sista istiden (efter ca. 10 000 år sedan). READ MORE
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8. Bosättning, agrarkris och fäbodväsende : vegetations- och markanvändningshistoria i Läde, Dalarna
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : By using pollen analysis, 14C-dating and historical sources, I studied the history of vegetation and land use at an abandoned forest settlement near the Lade summer farms in the parish of Mora, Dalama. The aim of this paper is to investigate the agricultural establishment and development, the effects of this on forest vegetation, and the origin and development of summer farming. READ MORE
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9. Glacial geomorphology and raised shorelines in the Skardsströnd-Saurbaer area, West Iceland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionenAbstract : Glacial and marine geomorphological features have been studied and mapped on the south coast of Gilsfjördur West-Iceland. In this region the main Icelandic ice-sheet is supposed to have met with a separate Vestfirdir ice-cap. Fossiliferous sediments in the area are assumed to be of Late Weichselian age. READ MORE
