Marine and limnic radiocarbon reservoir corrections for studies of late- and postglacial environments in Georgia Basin and Puget Lowland, British Columbia, Canada and Washington, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-203

  Hutchinson, Ian ^a   James, Thomas S ^b   Reimer, Paula J ^c   Bornhold, Brian D ^d   Clague, John J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gyttja; Late glacial environments; Marine shell; Pacific Northwest; Radiocarbon; Reservoir effects

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DEGLACIATION; ERROR CORRECTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 1842662376     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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