Towards a Radiocarbon Chronology of the Late-Glacial: Sample Selection Strategies

作者：M. J. C. Walker, Charlotte Bryant, G. Russell Coope, D. D. Harkness, J. John Lowe, E. M. Scott · 发表于：Radiocarbon · 年份：2001 · DOI：10.1017/s0033822200041679 · 被引用次数：57 · 研究领域：Geology and Paleoclimatology Research、Isotope Analysis in Ecology、Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

This paper outlines a dating program designed to test the reproducibility of radiocarbon dates on different materials of Late-Glacial age (plant macrofossils, fossil beetle remains, and the “humic” and “humin” chemical fractions of limnic sediments) using a combination of radiometric (beta counting) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques. The results have implications for the design of sampling strategies and for the development of improved dating protocols, both of which are important if a high-precision 14 C chronology for the Late-Glacial is to be achieved.