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Toward an Absolute Chronology at ELK Lake, Minnesota

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Gerald E. Aardsma
Gerald E. Aardsma*
Affiliation:
Aardsma Research and Publishing, Loda, Illinois 60948–9651 USA
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Abstract

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Radiocarbon measurements on organic carbon from the varved cores of Elk Lake, Minnesota suggest that the varve count may underestimate calendar years by 18% for the most recent 3800 varve years.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , 1996 , pp. 603 - 605
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