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A Novel Approach for Developing High-Resolution Sub-Fossil Peat Chronologies with 14C Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

T H Donders,
F Wagner,
K van der Borg,
A F M de Jong and
H Visscher
T H Donders*
Affiliation:
Botanical Palaeoecology, Laboratory of Paleobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands.
F Wagner
Affiliation:
Botanical Palaeoecology, Laboratory of Paleobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands.
K van der Borg
Affiliation:
R.J. Van de Graaff Laboratorium, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands.
A F M de Jong
Affiliation:
R.J. Van de Graaff Laboratorium, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands.
H Visscher
Affiliation:
Botanical Palaeoecology, Laboratory of Paleobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands.
*
Corresponding author. Email: t.h.donders@bio.uu.nl.
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Sub-fossil sections from a Florida wetland were accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dated and the sedimentological conditions were determined. 14C data were calibrated using a combined wiggle-match and 14C bomb-pulse approach. Repeatable results were obtained providing accurate peat chronologies for the last 130 calendar yr. Assessment of the different errors involved led to age models with 3–5 yr precision. This allows direct calibration of paleoenvironmental proxies with meteorological data. The time frame in which 14C dating is commonly applied can possibly be extended to include the 20th century.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 46 , Issue 1: Proceedings of the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 1 of 2), Conference Editors: Nancy Beavan Athfield, Rodger J Sparks , 2004, pp. 455 - 463
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Copyright © 2004 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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