Variations of radiocarbon in tree rings: Southern Hemisphere offset preliminary results

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McCormac, FG [1 ]
Hogg, AG
Higham, TFG
Baillie, MGL
Palmer, JG
Xiong, LM
Pilcher, JR
Brown, D
Hoper, ST
机构
[1] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Geosci, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
[2] Univ Waikato, Radiocarbon Dating Lab, Hamilton, New Zealand
[3] Lincoln Univ, Dept Plant Sci, Lincoln, New Zealand
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10.1017/S0033822200019184
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P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
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0708 ; 070902 ;
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The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland and University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand radiocarbon laboratories have undertaken a series of high-precision measurements on decadal samples of dendrochronologically dated oak (Quercus patrea) and cedar (Libocedrus bidwillii) from Great Britain and New Zealand, respectively. The results show a real atmospheric offset of 3.4 +/- 0.6 parts per thousand (27.2 +/- 4.7 C-14 yr) between the two locations for the interval AD 1725 to AD 1885, with the Southern Hemisphere being depleted in C-14. This result is less than the value currently used to correct Southern Hemisphere calibrations, possibly indicating a gradient in Delta(14)C within the Southern Hemisphere.
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页码:1153 / 1159
页数:7
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