A 40,000-Year Varve Chronology from Lake Suigetsu, Japan: Extension of the <sup>14</sup>C Calibration Curve

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Authors

Hiroyuki Kitagawa · International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Abstract

A sequence of annually laminated sediments is a potential tool for calibrating the radiocarbon time scale beyond the range of the absolute tree-ring calibration (11 ka). We performed accelerator mass spectrometric (AMS) 14 C measurements on >250 terrestrial macrofossil samples from a 40,000-yr varve sequence from Lake Suigetsu, Japan. The results yield the first calibration curve for the total range of the 14 C dating method.

Topics & Keywords

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Radiocarbon

Volume 40, Issue 1, pp. 505-515

DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200018385

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