14C of Plant Macrofossils

C. Hatté; A. J.T. Jull

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00049-2

¹⁴C of Plant Macrofossils

C. Hatté, A. J.T. Jull

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Abstract

Since the beginning of the 1990s, chronological frameworks of terrestrial records are mostly based on accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating on plant macrofossils. In contrast to the previous use of bulk organic matter, plant macrofossils are inherently more reliable since the source of their carbon is known and should not be composed of heterogeneous material that could be of different ages. Nevertheless, inconsistencies even within the plant macrofossils chronologies are still common. This article aims to review the most common plant macrofossils and to consider their suitability and reliability for ¹⁴C-AMS dating.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	361-367
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9780444536433
ISBN (Print)	9780444536426
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00049-2
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

Keywords

Plant macrofossils
Radiocarbon dating
Terrestrial records

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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