A Marine Reservoir Data Correction Database and On-Line Interface
Issue Date
2001-01-01Keywords
computer networksdata management
information management
paleo oceanography
calibration
marine environment
applications
variations
reconstruction
data processing
data bases
paleoclimatology
bones
methods
C 14
carbon
isotopes
radioactive isotopes
shells
absolute age
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Reimer, P. J., & Reimer, R. W. (2001). A marine reservoir correction database and on-line interface. Radiocarbon, 43(2A), 461-463.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
Calibration is essential for interpretation of radiocarbon dates, especially when the 14C dates are compared to historical or climatic records with a different chronological basis. 14C ages of samples from the marine environment, such as shells or fish bones, or samples with a marine component, such as human bone in coastal regions, require an additional consideration because of the reservoir age of the ocean. While the pre-industrial global mean reservoir correction, R(t), is about 400 years, local variations (Delta-R) can be several hundred years or more. Delta-R compilations on a global scale have been undertaken previously (Stuiver et al. 1986; Stuiver and Braziunas 1993), but have not been updated recently. Here we describe an on-line reservoir correction database accessed via mapping software. Rather than publishing a static Delta-R compilation, new data will be incorporated when it becomes available. The on-line marine reservoir correction database can be accessed at the website http://www.calib.org/.Type
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enISSN
0033-8222ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S0033822200038339