Radiocarbon (14c): Dating and corals

Stewart Fallon

doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_127

Radiocarbon (¹⁴c): Dating and corals

Stewart Fallon^*

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Radiocarbon is a useful means for obtaining the age of death of a carbon-bearing organism. With the help of international scientists, a robust calibration has been developed back to 50,000 years ago. Annual tree rings provide the calibration back to ~12,594 year BP and corals and forams helped refine this calibration back to 50,000 years ago using uranium-series dating in conjunction with radiocarbon dating. Corals have also played a role in trying to understand the oceanic uptake of CO₂ and for tracking ocean currents and circulation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	829-834
Number of pages	6
Journal	Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
Volume	Part 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_127
Publication status	Published - 2011

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