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Histograms Obtained From Computerized Radiocarbon Age Calibration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Minze Stuiver  and
Paula Reimer
Minze Stuiver
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences and Quaternary Research Center University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Paula Reimer
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences and Quaternary Research Center University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Abstract

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Two methods of assigning probability values to calendar years are compared by summing distributions for a large number of 14C ages derived from samples initially distributed uniformly in calendar years. The radiocarbon ages are calibrated with both a hypothetical calibration curve and the internationally accepted one. The effect of the calibration curve on an ideal and a random sample population is examined.

Type
III. Global 14C Variations
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 31 , Issue 3: June 20-25, 1988 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia , 1989 , pp. 817 - 823
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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