14C Dating of Modern Marine and Estuarine Shellfish
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1998-01-01Keywords
estuarine environmentintertidal environment
Coromandel Peninsula
subtidal environment
Tairua Harbour
Bivalvia
Austrovenus stutchburyi
enrichment
modern analogs
spatial variationscoastal environmentconcentrationAustralasiaNew ZealandNorth Islandliving taxaC 14carbonisotopesradioactive isotopesInvertebrataMolluscaabsolute age
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Hogg, A. G., Higham, T. F., & Dahm, J. (1998). 14C dating of modern marine and estuarine shellfish. Radiocarbon, 40(2), 975-984.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 16th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Gronigen, Netherlands, June 16-20, 1997.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
We measured the 14C content of 36 living marine molluscs from Tairua Harbour and the rocky coast on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. We identified species suitable for radiocarbon dating and show that the open marine intertidal zone is enriched in 14C compared to the open marine subtidal zone or estuary. We also found a uniform 14C distribution in the Tairua Harbour, by analyzing samples of the estuarine bivalve Austrovenus stutchburyi collected up to 5 km from the harbor entrance.Type
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