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Miami Natural Radiocarbon Corrections I-III∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

H. Göte Östlund,
Albert L. Bowman and
Gene A. Rusnak
H. Göte Östlund
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, Florida
Albert L. Bowman
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, Florida
Gene A. Rusnak*
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, Florida
*
∗∗Present address: U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California.
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A systematic error of calculation has been included in all radiocarbon age figures released from this laboratory (Miami I, II, and III). The error affects dates of all materials, organic and inorganic, terrestrial and marine, in the same way, namely making them about 410 yr too young. Instead of adding to the confusion by correcting the old age figures we preferred to recalculate the dates starting from the measured isotope ratios. Table 1 below reports the correct age figures as calculated in the following way:

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Radiocarbon , Volume 7 , 1965, pp. 153 - 155
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science

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Contribution No. 606 from the Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami.

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