A Complete Terrestrial Radiocarbon Record for 11.2 to 52.8 kyr B.P.

C. Bronk Ramsey; R. A. Staff; C. L. Bryant; F. Brock; H. Kitagawa; J. Van Der Plicht; G. Schlolaut; M. H. Marshall; A. Brauer; H. F. Lamb; R. L. Payne; P. E. Tarasov; T. Haraguchi; K. Gotanda; H. Yonenobu; Y. Yokoyama; R. Tada; T. Nakagawa

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A Complete Terrestrial Radiocarbon Record for 11.2 to 52.8 kyr B.P.

C. Bronk Ramsey, R. A. Staff, C. L. Bryant, F. Brock, H. Kitagawa, J. Van Der Plicht, G. Schlolaut, M. H. Marshall, A. Brauer, H. F. Lamb, R. L. Payne, P. E. Tarasov, T. Haraguchi, K. Gotanda, H. Yonenobu, Y. Yokoyama, R. Tada, T. Nakagawa

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Radiocarbon (14C) provides a way to date material that contains carbon with an age up to ~50,000 years and is also an important tracer of the global carbon cycle. However, the lack of a comprehensive record reflecting atmospheric 14C prior to 12.5 thousand years before the present (kyr B.P.) has limited the application of radiocarbon dating of samples from the Last Glacial period. Here, we report 14C results from Lake Suigetsu, Japan (35°35′N, 135°53′E), which provide a comprehensive record of terrestrial radiocarbon to the present limit of the 14C method. The time scale we present in this work allows direct comparison of Lake Suigetsu paleoclimatic data with other terrestrial climatic records and gives information on the connection between global atmospheric and regional marine radiocarbon levels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	370-374
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	338
Issue number	6105
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1226660
Publication status	Published - 19 Oct 2012

Keywords

Atmosphere/chemistry
Calibration
Carbon Radioisotopes/analysis
Fossils
Geologic Sediments/chemistry
Lakes/chemistry
Radiometric Dating/standards
Trees/anatomy & histology

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Bronk Ramsey, C., Staff, R. A., Bryant, C. L., Brock, F., Kitagawa, H., Van Der Plicht, J., Schlolaut, G., Marshall, M. H., Brauer, A., Lamb, H. F., Payne, R. L., Tarasov, P. E., Haraguchi, T., Gotanda, K., Yonenobu, H., Yokoyama, Y., Tada, R., & Nakagawa, T. (2012). A Complete Terrestrial Radiocarbon Record for 11.2 to 52.8 kyr B.P. Science, 338(6105), 370-374. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1226660

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