No Systematic Early Bias to Mediterranean 14C Ages: Radiocarbon Measurements from Tree-Ring and Air Samples Provide Tight Limits to Age Offsets
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2002-01-01Keywords
AnatoliaTurkey
Mediterranean Sea
statistical analysis
accuracy
tree rings
Middle East
Mediterranean region
Holocene
AsiaCenozoicQuaternarygeochronologyC 14carbonisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Manning, S. W., Barbetti, M., Kromer, B., Kuniholm, P. I., Levin, I., Newton, M. W., & Reimer, P. J. (2002). No systematic early bias to Mediterranean 14C ages: Radiocarbon measurements from tree-ring and air samples provide tight limits to age offsets. Radiocarbon, 44(3), 739-754.Journal
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Existing data and theory do not support a recent assertion that upwelling of old carbon has led to systematically 100-300 yr too old radiocarbon ages for the Mediterranean region. Similarly, the prehistoric tree-ring record produced over 3 decades by the Aegean Dendrochronology Project is shown to provide robust, well-replicated data, contrary to a recent unfounded assertion. 14C and dendrochronology provide an accurate and precise chronometric framework for the Mediterranean region.Type
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