Reservoir Correction for the Central and North Kuril Islands in North Pacific Context
Abstract We present new marine reservoir ΔR correction terms for the central and northern Kuril Islands. We estimate ΔR from a series of archaeological charcoal-shell pairs from two archaeological sites using standard calibration procedures and Monte Carlo simulation. The combined ΔR estimate for al...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/rdc.2017.125 2024-03-03T08:49:01+00:00 Reservoir Correction for the Central and North Kuril Islands in North Pacific Context Fitzhugh, Ben Brown, William A 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2017.125 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822217001254 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Radiocarbon volume 60, issue 2, page 441-452 ISSN 0033-8222 1945-5755 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Archeology journal-article 2017 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2017.125 2024-02-08T08:42:45Z Abstract We present new marine reservoir ΔR correction terms for the central and northern Kuril Islands. We estimate ΔR from a series of archaeological charcoal-shell pairs from two archaeological sites using standard calibration procedures and Monte Carlo simulation. The combined ΔR estimate for all paired samples for the Kuril samples is 508±127 yr. In the context of available North Pacific Rim ΔR estimates, the new Kuril data support the interpretation of a well-mixed, 14 C-depleted North Pacific Subarctic Gyre. For the broader subarctic North Pacific region, a ΔR estimate in the range of 440±127 yr is a reasonable correction for any coastal marine shell date, and may be applied to fish and marine mammal dates for taxa known to reside within these waters throughout their life-histories. This generalization fails as one moves south from Hokkaido along the East Asian coast. There, well-equilibrated subtropical water minimize the ΔR offset. Article in Journal/Newspaper Subarctic Cambridge University Press Pacific Radiocarbon 60 2 441 452 |
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Abstract We present new marine reservoir ΔR correction terms for the central and northern Kuril Islands. We estimate ΔR from a series of archaeological charcoal-shell pairs from two archaeological sites using standard calibration procedures and Monte Carlo simulation. The combined ΔR estimate for all paired samples for the Kuril samples is 508±127 yr. In the context of available North Pacific Rim ΔR estimates, the new Kuril data support the interpretation of a well-mixed, 14 C-depleted North Pacific Subarctic Gyre. For the broader subarctic North Pacific region, a ΔR estimate in the range of 440±127 yr is a reasonable correction for any coastal marine shell date, and may be applied to fish and marine mammal dates for taxa known to reside within these waters throughout their life-histories. This generalization fails as one moves south from Hokkaido along the East Asian coast. There, well-equilibrated subtropical water minimize the ΔR offset. |
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Reservoir Correction for the Central and North Kuril Islands in North Pacific Context |
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Reservoir Correction for the Central and North Kuril Islands in North Pacific Context |
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Reservoir Correction for the Central and North Kuril Islands in North Pacific Context |
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Reservoir Correction for the Central and North Kuril Islands in North Pacific Context |
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Reservoir Correction for the Central and North Kuril Islands in North Pacific Context |
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reservoir correction for the central and north kuril islands in north pacific context |
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