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RADIOCARBON AND URANIUM PROFILES IN MARINE GASTROPODS AROUND THE JAPANESE ARCHIPELAGO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2024

Shoko Hirabayashi Open the ORCID record for Shoko Hirabayashi [Opens in a new window] ,
Takahiro Aze ,
Yosuke Miyairi ,
Hironobu Kan  and
Yusuke Yokoyama Open the ORCID record for Yusuke Yokoyama [Opens in a new window]
Shoko Hirabayashi*
Affiliation:
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan
Takahiro Aze
Affiliation:
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan
Yosuke Miyairi
Affiliation:
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan
Hironobu Kan
Affiliation:
Research Center for Coastal Seafloor, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Yusuke Yokoyama
Affiliation:
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan
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*Corresponding author. Email: s-hirabayashi@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Abstract

In this study, we investigate the distribution of radiocarbon and uranium in the calcified opercula of Turbo sp. collected from Ryukyu region and Chiba, Japan, to explore the potential of U/Th dating using mollusks collected from the Japanese archipelago. We acquired high-resolution radiocarbon and uranium concentration measurements using single-stage accelerator mass spectrometry and laser ablation−inductively coupled plasma−mass spectrometry. Our results show that uranium in the opercula of modern Turbo sp. is unevenly distributed at concentrations 1000 times less than those in coral skeletons. Radiocarbon found in the calcified opercula samples record ambient seawater radiocarbon values as well as coral skeletons. Uranium in the calcified opercula of Holocene Turbo marmoratus were also unevenly distributed and concentrated within the opercula in a different manner than observed in modern samples, suggesting uranium exchange after death. Our results suggest variable uptake of uranium isotopes into mollusk shells and highlights the need for rigorous sample selection criteria when choosing mollusks species for U/Th dating around Japan.

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gastropodsRadiocarbonU/Th dating
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Radiocarbon , First View , pp. 1 - 15
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Selected Papers from the 24th Radiocarbon and 10th Radiocarbon & Archaeology International Conferences, Zurich, Switzerland, 11–16 Sept. 2022.

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