Towards a Radiocarbon Calibration for Oxygen Istotope Stage 3 Using New Zealand Kauri ( Agathis australis )

dc.contributor.authorTurney, Christian
dc.contributor.authorFifield, L Keith
dc.contributor.authorPalmer, Jonathan G
dc.contributor.authorHogg, Alan G
dc.contributor.authorBaillie, Mike G K
dc.contributor.authorGalbraith, Rex
dc.contributor.authorOgden, John
dc.contributor.authorLorrey, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorTims, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:21:35Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2015-12-09T08:56:16Z
dc.description.abstractIt is well known that radiocarbon years do not directly equate to calendar time. As a result, considerable effort has been devoted to generating a decadally resolved calibration curve for the Holocene and latter part of the last termination. A calibration curve that can be unambiguously attributed to changes in atmospheric 14C content has not, however, been generated beyond 26 kyr cal BP, despite the urgent need to rigorously test climatic, environmental, and archaeological models. Here, we discuss the potential of New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis) to define the structure of the 14C calibration curve using annually resolved tree rings and thereby provide an absolute measure of atmospheric 14C. We report bidecadally sampled 14C measurements obtained from a floating 1050-yr chronology, demonstrating repeatable 14C measurements near the present limits of the dating method. The results indicate that considerable scope exists for a high-resolution 14C calibration curve back through OIS-3 using subfossil wood from this source.
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/52282
dc.publisherUniversity of Arizona
dc.sourceRadiocarbon
dc.subjectKeywords: Agathis australis
dc.titleTowards a Radiocarbon Calibration for Oxygen Istotope Stage 3 Using New Zealand Kauri ( Agathis australis )
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage457
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage447
local.contributor.affiliationTurney, Christian, University of Wollongong
local.contributor.affiliationFifield, L Keith, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationPalmer, Jonathan G, Gondwana Tree Ring Laboratory
local.contributor.affiliationHogg, Alan G, University of Waikato
local.contributor.affiliationBaillie, Mike G K, Queen's University Belfast
local.contributor.affiliationGalbraith, Rex, University College London
local.contributor.affiliationOgden, John, University of Auckland
local.contributor.affiliationLorrey, Andrew, University of Auckland
local.contributor.affiliationTims, Stephen, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu8100341@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidFifield, L Keith, u8100341
local.contributor.authoruidTims, Stephen, u4013304
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor210102 - Archaeological Science
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4155331xPUB243
local.identifier.citationvolume49
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-39049118504
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4155331
local.type.statusPublished Version

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