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Author : Clague, J.J.
Date : 1980
Title : Late Quaternary geology and geochronology of British Columbia. Part 1: radiocarbon dates
Publication : Geological Survey of Canada, Paper
Issue : 80-13
Page(s) : 28 p
Abstract
The "Radiocarbon Geochronology of Southern British Columbia" (Fulton, 1971) provides a summary of the radiocarbon dated Quaternary history of southern British Columbia and a compilation of most radiocarbon dates of geologic significance published before 1971. Since the publication of this important paper, new information has been gathered on the Quaternary of British Columbia. A much larger number of radiocarbon determinations is now available, resulting in a corresponding improvement in the chronology of geologic events of late to Quaternary age. The present report has been prepared to make available to researchers this expanded body of knowledge. In the following tables, geologically relevant radiocarbon dates published prior to 1980 are presented within a late Quaternary geologic climate framework consisting of three parts: Olympia nonglacial interval (or lnterglaclation), Fraser for British Columbia and adjacent areas are compatible with this framework. The radiocarbon dates are listed in eight tables as follows: Table 1, dates beyond the radiocarbon dating range; Table 2, finite dates on sediments of the Olympia nonglacial interval; Tables 3 and 4, dates pertaining to the advance and recessional phases of the Fraser Glaciation, respectively; Table 5, dates bearing on postglacial sea levels; Table 6, dates relating to volcanic flows and tephras; Table 7, dates bearing on postglacial climates; and Table 8, miscellaneous dates. The miscellaneous dates relate to (1) floodplain aggradation and degradation and deltaic progradation, (2) eolian activity, (3) landslides, (4) microfossil zonation in lakes and bogs, (5) prehistoric animal habitation, and (6) the relationship between radiocarbon age and sidereal age. Also in Table 8 are unclassified dates, including many from contaminated samples.
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