The Influence of Calibration Curve Construction and Composition on the Accuracy and Precision of Radiocarbon Wiggle-Matching of Tree Rings, Illustrated by Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Data Sets from AD 1500–1950

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Hogg, Alan G, Heaton, Timothy J, Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Boswijk, Gretel, Palmer, Jonathan G, Turney, Chris S M, Southon, John, Gumbley, Warren
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
• Subjects: Campbell Island; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2019.42; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822219000420

ABSTRACT This research investigates two factors influencing the ability of tree-ring data to provide accurate 14 C calibration information: the fitness and rigor of the statistical model used to combine the data into a curve; and the accuracy, precision and reproducibility of the component 14 C data...