C-14 dating of moss peat banks in Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica

Based on the radiocarbon data of the moss peat banks in Fildes Peninsula, A ntarctica, it was calculated that the mean rates of peat accumulation in th e upper layer and the lower layer are 0.195 and 0.069 4 mm . a(-1) respecti vely. Based on the radiocarbon date (3 265 +/- 120 aBP) and the mean rate o f peat accumulation in the lower peat layer, it was calculated that the age of the coast terrace on which the moss peat bank occurs is earlier than 4 300 aBP. During the past 4 300 years the coast terrace has risen about 18 m without apparently being destroyed, and the age of the glacier retreating process in this area is also earlier than 4 300 aBP.