The Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary in South-Western Sweden

摘要

The boundary between the Pleistocene/Holocene epochs was placed at 10 000 14C years B.P. (Libby half-time) by the Holocene Commission. In search of a stratotype locality three cores from the province of Bohuslan, south-western Sweden, were scrutinized concerning different geophysical, geochemical and biostratigraphical parameters. The marine sequences of the cores from Moltemyr and Solberga reveal a distinct boundary and a transition zone respectively which meet the requirements laid down by the Holocene Commission. The suggested age of the lithological boundary is c. 10 200-10 300 years B.P.