Radiocarbon Dating of the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (Ca. 14-9 14C ka BP) in Terrestrial and Marine Records: The Need for New Quality Assurance Protocols
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2000-01-01Keywords
interglacial environmentlower Holocene
glacial environment
laboratory studies
fossils
climate change
floral studies
precision
calibration
faunal studies
samples
Holocene
correlation
last glacial maximum
Pleistocene
upper Pleistocene
Cenozoic
Quaternary
geochronology
C 14
carbon
dates
isotopes
radioactive isotopes
absolute age
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Lowe, J. J., & Walker, M. J. C. (2000). Radiocarbon dating of the last glacial-interglacial transition (Ca. 14-9 14C Ka BP) in terrestrial and marine records: The need for new quality assurance protocols. Radiocarbon, 42(1), 53-68.Journal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
The publication during the 1990s of Greenland ice-core records spanning the transition from the Last Cold Stage to the present interglacial (ca. 14-9 14C ka BP) presented new challenges to scientists working on marine and terrestrial sequences from this important time interval. In particular, there is now an overriding imperative to increase the levels of precision by which events during this period can be dated and correlated. We review some of the problems commonly encountered when using radiocarbon dating for these purposes, and consider some of the new approaches that will be required if this dating method is to provide a basis for a high precision chronology for the last glacial-interglacial transition.Type
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enISSN
0033-8222ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S0033822200053054