Using the charcoal ash in the Kuandu well of the Taipei Basin sediments as dating material, we obtain an AMS radiocarbon result with a 14C age of 16950 ± 150 yrBP (calendar age of 19814 - 20431 yrBP). Regarding the charcoal ash as a likely remnant of a forest fire caused by volcanic eruptions, this result confirms our earlier report that there was a volcanic event around 20 Ka in the Tatun Volcano Group.
Time of a Near Holocene Volcanic Eruption in the Tatun Volcano Group, Northern Taiwan: Evidence from AMS Radiocarbon Dating of Charcoal Ash from Sediments of the Sungshan Formation in Taipei Basin
- Author(s): Cheng-Hong Chen, George S. Burr, and Szu-Bin Lin
- DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2009.12.11.02(TH)
- Keywords: Volcanic eruption Tatun Volcano Group AMS dating
- Citation: Chen, C. H., G. S. Burr, and S. B. Lin, 2010: Time of a near Holocene volcanic eruption in the Tatun Volcano Group, northern Taiwan: Evidence from AMS radiocarbon dating of charcoal ash from sediments of the Sungshan Formation in Taipei Basin. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 21, 611-614, doi: 10.3319/TAO.2009.12.11.02(TH)
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