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Modeled and Measured Carbon Isotopic Composition and Petrographically Estimated Binder-Aggregate Ratio—Recipe for Binding Material Dating?

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Danuta Michalska Open the ORCID record for Danuta Michalska [Opens in a new window]  and
Jacek Pawlyta Open the ORCID record for Jacek Pawlyta [Opens in a new window]
Danuta Michalska*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Bogumiła Krygowskiego 12, 61-680Poznań, Poland
Jacek Pawlyta
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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*Corresponding author. Email: danamich@amu.edu.pl.
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Abstract

This paper presents the results of radiocarbon (14C) dating of bulk mortars and reports an attempt of implementation of the knowledge about the isotopic fractionation, based on δ13C measurements, to make the age correction for mortars, together with verification of such correction based on the percentage estimation of carbonate components, namely binder and aggregate. To evaluate the variability of isotopic fractionation during CO2 absorption by mortar, dependent on the climatic and environmental conditions, and the type of mortar, the δ13C measurements have been performed for the mortars from Sussita (Golan Heights). Such measurements were also made for fragments of natural carbonate rocks and for mortars produced in the laboratory from the same substrate. We propose the recipe for mortars age estimation.

Keywords

carbon isotopic fractionation in mortarsmortar age correctionpetrographic observation of mortarsradiocarbon dating of mortarsδ13C of mortar components

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Radiocarbon , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , June 2019 , pp. 799 - 815
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© 2019 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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