High-Precision Radiocarbon Dating of Bristlecone Pine from 6554 to 5350 BC
Issue Date
1986-01-01Keywords
calibrationbristlecone pine
tree rings
Holocene
Cenozoic
Quaternary
wood
geochronology
C 14
carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Linick, T. W., Long, A., Damon, P. E., & Ferguson, C. W. (1986). High-precision radiocarbon dating of bristlecone pine from 6554 to 5350 BC. Radiocarbon, 28(2B), 943-953.Publisher
American Journal of ScienceJournal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 12th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Trondheim, June 24-28, 1985.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
New results of radiocarbon dating of ca 100 decadal bristlecone pine samples from 6554 to 6084 BC and from 5820 to 5350 BC are presented. Using 3 new 2.5L counters filled to ca 3atm with carbon dioxide, high-precision dating has been performed by this laboratory for more than two years. Demonstration of the precision and accuracy of these counters is presented using +/2 per mil measurements from the Spörer minimum period. For the older samples, +/3 per mil measurements were made using ca 12-day counting times. Results are presented both as 14C age BP vs dendro-year BC, particularly for calibration purposes, and as Delta-14C vs time.Type
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