Measurements of the Marine Reservoir Effect on Radiocarbon Ages in the Eastern Bering Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dumond, Don E., Griffin, Dennis G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2002
• Subjects: Alaska; Bering Sea; reservoir effect; radiocarbon; differential ages; archaeology; shell; marine mammal; mer de Béring; effet de réservoir; radiocarbone; âges différentiels; archéologie; coquillage; mammifère marin; Cape Prince of Wales; Lawrence Island; Arctic; Île Nunivak; Île Saint-Laurent; Mer de Béring; Nunivak; Nunivak Island; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63749

The marine reservoir effect is known to skew radiocarbon dating (marine samples appear "older" than terrestrial samples of equivalent age), but the magnitude of this effect is not the same in all locations. Carbon-14 age determinations from 23 paired samples of terrestrial and marine origi...