The marine reservoir effect in the southern ocean: An evaluation of extant and new Δr values and their application to archaeological chronologies

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-262

  Petchey, Fiona ^a   Anderson, Atholl ^b   Hogg, Alan ^a   Zondervan, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chatham Island; Kermadec Islands; Marine shell; Norfolk Island; 13C; 18O; R

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CHRONOLOGY; COLONIZATION; MIXING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESERVOIR; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALASIA; CHATHAM ISLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORFOLK ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 59049085290     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220809510559     Document Type: Article

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