A marine reservoir correction value (ΔR) for the palauan archipelago: Environmental and oceanographic considerations

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2010

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Petchey, Fiona
Clark, Geoffrey

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Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

This paper investigates the marine reservoir effect (ΔR) around Palau with specific focus on environmental and oceanographic causes of variation. Two new ΔR values of known-age, pre-AD 1950 Scaridae sp. fish bone from the lagoon, are compared to extant

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Keywords: archaeological evidence; bone; carbon isotope; environmental factor; gyre; lagoon; marine environment; perciform; radiocarbon dating; shell; Caroline Islands; Pacific Ocean; Pacific Ocean (North); Palau; Scaridae ?R; Archaeology; Lagoon; Palau; Radiocarbon; Western Micronesia

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Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology

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Journal article

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2037-12-31