Radiocarbon Dating of Buried Trees and Climate Change in West-Central Oklahoma
Issue Date
1995-01-01Keywords
Carnegie Canyoncooling
changes
Oklahoma
solar activity
trees
global change
C 14 C 12
tree rings
Holocene
paleoclimatology
United States
Cenozoic
Quaternary
C 14
carbon
dates
isotopes
radioactive isotopes
stable isotopes
absolute age
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Davis, O. K., Kaimei, D., Dean, J. S., Parks, J., & Kalin, R. M. (1995). Radiocarbon dating of buried trees and climate change in west-central Oklahoma. Radiocarbon, 37(2), 611-614.Journal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
Eleven radiocarbon dates and tree-ring analyses of 3 juniper logs demonstrate the potential for 14C analysis of buried logs in the American Midwest. Three junipers (cf. Juniperus virginiana) were recovered from 9.20, 10.50, and 10.60 m in the fill of Carnegie Canyon, west-central Oklahoma. Their 14C ages are calibrated between 3300 and 2800 yr ago. A negative correlation of tree rings and Delta-14C (p = 0.013) supports the findings of Schmidt and Gruhle (1988), who demonstrate the association of global cooling with reduced solar activity.Type
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enISSN
0033-8222ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S0033822200031118