Calibration of Radiocarbon Ages by Computer

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Author
van der Plicht, Johannes
Mook, W. G.
Issue Date
1989-01-01
Keywords
computers
calibration
data processing
methods
geochronology
C 14
carbon
isotopes
radioactive isotopes
absolute age

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Citation
van der Plicht, J., & Mook, W. G. (1989). Calibration of radiocarbon ages by computer. Radiocarbon, 31(3), 805-816.
Publisher
Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
Journal
Radiocarbon
Description
From the 13th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 20-25, 1988.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/652955
DOI
10.1017/S003382220001242X
Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
Abstract
A PC-based computer program for automatic calibration of 14C dates has been developed in Turbo-Pascal (version 4.0). It transforms the Gaussian 14C dating result on the 3-sigma level into a real calendar age distribution. It uses as a calibration curve a spline function, generated along the calibration data points as published in the Radiocarbon Calibration Issue. Special versions of the code can average several 14C dates into one calibrated result, generate smoothed curves by a moving average procedure and perform wiggle matching.
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Proceedings
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Language
en
ISSN
0033-8222
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