Reservoirs and radiocarbon: 14 C dating problems in Myvatnssveit, Northern Iceland

• Main Authors: Ascough, P.L., Cook, G.T., Church, M.J., Dugmore, A.J., McGovern, T.G., Dunbar, E., Einarsson, E., Frioriksson, A., Gestsdottir, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: QE Geology; GE Environmental Sciences; Mývatn; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/5020/; https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/5020/1/id5020.pdf; http://www.radiocarbon.org/

This paper examines 2 potential sources of the radiocarbon offset between human and terrestrial mammal (horse) bones recovered from Norse (~AD 870–1000) pagan graves in Mývatnssveit, north Iceland. These are the marine and freshwater 14 C reservoir effects that may be incorporated into human bones f...