1974
DOI: 10.2307/279594
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Dendrochronologic Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale

Abstract: Extensive radiocarbon analyses have been made of dendrochronologically dated wood. The resultant radiocarbon data are not in total agreement with the conventional solar calendar as exemplified by the tree-ring chronology. The discrepancy reaches a maximum between 4060 B.C. to 7350 B.C. when radiocarbon dates are too young by 800 to 870 yr. Using a compatible set of 549 dated samples as a working base, a calibration table has been derived for conversion of conventional radiocarbon dates to calendar dates. This … Show more

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“…Solid curve is best fit sinusoid of Bucha [1970Bucha [ , 1971 from archeomagnetic data, transformed to radiocarbon years. Dashed curve is VDM variation predicted by differences between radiocarbon years and dendrochronologic years [Damon et al, 1972;Lingenfelter and Ramaty, 1970] normalized to maximum and minimum of Bucha's curve. This curve may also be used with the scale on the right to read the difference A between radiocarbon age and tree ring age.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Solid curve is best fit sinusoid of Bucha [1970Bucha [ , 1971 from archeomagnetic data, transformed to radiocarbon years. Dashed curve is VDM variation predicted by differences between radiocarbon years and dendrochronologic years [Damon et al, 1972;Lingenfelter and Ramaty, 1970] normalized to maximum and minimum of Bucha's curve. This curve may also be used with the scale on the right to read the difference A between radiocarbon age and tree ring age.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…L'effet de distorsion des âges 14 C par rapport aux âges réels, dû aux fluctuations du 14 C atmosphérique (Suess, 1970 ;Fergusson, 1970 ;Damon et al, 1972 ;Olsson, 1970) mérite cependant que l'on s'y arrête ; l'excès maximal (~10%) de l4 C vers 7.000 ans BP entraîne en effet un rajeunissement des échantillons de l'ordre de 700 ans. D'autre part, il semble que les faunes de mers arctiques soient appauvries en 14 C d'une quantité assez comparable comme l'ont montré Mangerud et Gulliksen (1975) ; cet effet est dû au déficit en 14 C des eaux arctiques (Buddemeir et al, 1972) ; notons qu'il n'affectera pas les végétaux continentaux.…”
Section: Le Relèvement Isostatiqueunclassified
“…In the period prior to about 6000 B.p. radiocarbon-dated tree-ring samples are not yet available for the calibration curve, and so for this early period the smoothed curve has been extrapolated, using the method of best fit orthogonal polynomials (Fisher and Yates, 1947;Damon, Long and Wallick, 1972;Ralph, Michael and Han, 1973) to include most of the Flandrian. This, it should be emphasized, is a very large extrapolation and must be regarded as purely tentative until further data become available.…”
Section: Rates Of Sedimentationmentioning
confidence: 99%