Freshwater radiocarbon reservoir effects at the burial ground of Minino, northwest Russia

• Main Authors: Wood, Rachel, Higham, Thomas F. G., Buzilhova, A., Suvorov, A., Heinemeier, J., Olsen, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Arizona 2015
• Subjects: Minino; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74300

If ancient carbon is incorporated into lakes and rivers, it can be transferred along the foodchain where it can cause radiocarbon dates to appear erroneously old. This effect is known as the 14C freshwater reservoir effect (FRE), and causes particular problems when dating human remains. Several stud...