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Calibration of the 14C time scale: towards the complete dating range

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

J. van der Plicht
J. van der Plicht*
Affiliation:
Centre for Isotope Research, Radiocarbon Laboratory Groningen University, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands; e-mail:plicht@phys.rug.nl

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Radiocarbon calibration based on dendro-chronology and U-series dated corals yield a calibration curve (INTCAL98) well into the Late Glacial, back to ca. 15,600 calendar years ago. Beyond this limit, various calibration curves are produced, mainly based on laminated sediments and various carbonates dated by U-series isotopes. Such calibration curves now cover the complete 14C dating range of about 45,000 years, but are not consistent with each other. Each calibration method (other than dendro-chronology) has its own assumptions and pitfalls. Thus far, the calibration curve obtained from Lake Suigetsu laminated sediments is the only terrestrial (atmospheric) one.

Keywords

Radiocarboncalibrationdatingcosmogenic isotopeslaminated sediments

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Type
Special section: PAGES Symposium, Amsterdam, 3 November 2000
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , March 2002 , pp. 85 - 96
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2002

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