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Further Attempts at Dating the Palynological Sequence of the Hula L07 Core, Upper Jordan Valley, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

M Weinstein-Evron ,
J C Vogel  and
J Kronfeld
M Weinstein-Evron
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Palynology, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. Email: evron@research.haifa.ac.il.
J C Vogel
Affiliation:
Quaternary Dating Research Unit, EMA/CSIR, P. O. Box 395, Pretoria, South Africa. Email: jvogel@csir.co.za.
J Kronfeld
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. Email: yoelk@ccsg.tau.ac.il.
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The palynological sequence of the Hula L07 core was previously correlated with the global oxygen isotope stages 3–5, based on a radiocarbon age determination and comparison with other Levantine paleoclimatological curves. An attempt was made to validate this correlation with Th/U dating. Unlike typical European peat, which is acidic, the soil pH of the Hula peat is mildly basic. Not only does this contribute to the oxidation of palynomorphs, but it also helps to preserve the carbonate material that can be a variable mixture of allogenic, endogenic, and authigenic components. Each component may represent a different degree of uranium series disequilibrium. The thorium (232Th) concentrations of the carbonate are low. Total digestion or acid leach of the sample may not always enable the proper correction for initial thorium. The dating derived from a NaOH-extraction of the organic material, while giving apparently better ages, also suffers from the presence of the carbonate admixture. It appears that, while 14C dating can be considered suitable for the younger portions of the core, techniques based upon the U-series may not be as efficacious in dating this important record of climatic change.

Type
I. Our ‘Dry’ Environment: Above Sea Level
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 2B: Proceedings of the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 2 of 3), Conference Editors: Israel Carmi, Elisabetta Boaretto , 2001 , pp. 561 - 570
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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