Reservoir Corrections for Marine Samples from the South Atlantic Coast, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
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2002-01-01Keywords
South AtlanticJabuticabeira Brazil
Santa Catarina Brazil
inorganic materials
Atlantic Ocean
marine environment
Brazil
South America
archaeology
archaeological sites
Holocene
Cenozoic
charcoal
Quaternary
C 14
carbon
dates
isotopes
radioactive isotopes
shells
absolute age
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Eastoe, C. J., Fish, S., Fish, P., Gaspar, M. D., & Long, A. (2002). Reservoir corrections for marine samples from the south Atlantic coast, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Radiocarbon, 44(1), 145-148.Journal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
Coeval shell and charcoal from Santa Catarina State, Brazil, differ systematically in 14C content, indicating a reservoir effect in marine samples. For modern samples (AD 1939-2000) and archeological samples (2500-1595 BP), the mean 14C age difference between marine and atmospheric carbon is 220 +/20 years, the marine carbon being older. For three samples dated AD 1939-1944, a distinct reservoir correction of 510 +/10 years is also observed. The ages of archeological shell samples from Jabuticabeira may be corrected by subtracting 220 years from the apparent 14C ages.Type
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0033-8222ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S0033822200064742