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Exploratory Analysis of the International Radiocarbon Cross-Calibration Data: Consensus Values and Interlaboratory Error Preliminary Note

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Lloyd A Currie  and
Henry A Polach
Lloyd A Currie
Affiliation:
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC 20234
Henry A Polach
Affiliation:
The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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Abstract

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A preliminary review is given of the evaluation of the International Cross-Calibration Radiocarbon Data. Consensus values and standard errors are D14C = 508.1 ± 2.0% (ANU Sucrose) and Δ = −2.5 ± 1.5% (1850 Wood). Reporting format follows recommendations of Stuiver and Polach (1977).

Type
Calibration and Data Reporting
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Heidelberg , 1980 , pp. 933 - 935
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science

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