SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF UNCERTAINTIES IN RADIOCARBON DATING DUE TO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE CALIBRATION CURVE

Authors
NIKLAUS TR BONANI G SUTER M WOLFLI W
Citation
Tr. Niklaus et al., SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF UNCERTAINTIES IN RADIOCARBON DATING DUE TO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE CALIBRATION CURVE, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 92(1-4), 1994, pp. 194-200
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
92
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
194 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1994)92:1-4<194:SIOUIR>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The accuracy of radiocarbon dating depends both on the accuracy of the radiocarbon measurements and the time dependent fluctuations of the C -14 concentration in the atmosphere of the past. A numerical procedure has been developed to study the influence of these fluctuations on th e accuracy of radiocarbon dating. With this procedure systematic inves tigations over the calibration time range (the past 10 000 years) were made. The limits for the accuracy of radiocarbon dating and for the a ge range where the fluctuations become primarily responsible for these limits have been determined.