Marine Reservoir Corrections: St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean

• Main Author: Colin A Lewis, Ron Reimer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Radiocarbon 2008
• Subjects: St. Helena; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/3727

We present the first marine reservoir age and R determination for the island of St. Helena using marine mollusk radiocarbon dates obtained from an historical context of known age. This represents the first marine reservoir age and R determination in the southern Atlantic Ocean within thousands of ki...