Radiocarbon dating uses the decay of a radioactive isotope of carbon (14C) to measure time
and date objects containing carbon-bearing material. With a half-life of 5,700±30 years …

Downcore counting of laminations in varved sediments offers a direct and incremental
dating technique for high-resolution climatic and environmental archives with at least annual …

OxCal is a widely used software package for the calibration of radiocarbon dates and the
statistical analysis of 14C and other chronological information. The program aims to make …

Radiocarbon (14C) ages cannot provide absolutely dated chronologies for archaeological
or paleoenvironmental studies directly but must be converted to calendar age equivalents …

The IntCal09 and Marine09 radiocarbon calibration curves have been revised utilizing
newly available and updated data sets from 14C measurements on tree rings, plant …

Within the last ten years, micro-XRF (µXRF) core scanning has become an important
addition to the suite of techniques for investigating lacustrine sediments. Most studies to date …

The deep polar ice cores provide reference records commonly employed in global
correlation of past climate events. However, temporal divergences reaching up to several …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …