Miami Natural Radiocarbon Corrections I-III

Abstract

A systematic error of calculation has been included in all radiocarbon age figures released from this laboratory (Miami I, II, and III). The error affects dates of all materials, organic and inorganic, terrestrial and marine, in the same way, namely making them about 410 yr too young. Instead of adding to the confusion by correcting the old age figures we preferred to recalculate the dates starting from the measured isotope ratios. Table 1 below reports the correct age figures as calculated in the following way: