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Calibrating New Zealand Radiocarbon Dates of Marine Shells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

B G McFadgen  and
M R Manning
B G McFadgen
Affiliation:
Conservation Sciences Centre, Dept of Conservation, PO Box 10420, Wellington, New Zealand
M R Manning
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences, D S I R, Private Bag, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Abstract

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Radiocarbon activity of 11 modern marine shell samples from the New Zealand region is enhanced compared with the surface layers of the average world ocean. The measured enhancement, δR, is equivalent to −31 ± 13 years. On this basis, the Institute of Nuclear Sciences will now use a value of −30 years in reporting calibrated ages for marine shell samples.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , 1990 , pp. 229 - 232
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