Findings from an in-depth annual tree-ring radiocarbon intercomparison

Wacker, L., Scott, E. M., Bayliss, A., Brown, D., Bard, E., Bollhalder, S., Friedrich, M., Capano, M., Cherkinsky, A., Chivall, D., Culleton, B. J., Dee, M. W., Friedrich, R., Hodgins, G. W.L., Hogg, A., Kennett, D. J., Knowles, T. D.J., Kuitems, M., Lange, T. E., Miyake, F., Nadeau, M. J., Nakamura, T., Naysmith, J. P., Olsen, J., Omori, T., Petchey, F., Philippsen, B., Bronk Ramsey, C., Prasad, G. V.Ravi, Seiler, M., Southon, J., Staff, R., and Tuna, T. (2020) Findings from an in-depth annual tree-ring radiocarbon intercomparison. Radiocarbon, 62 (4). pp. 873-882.

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Abstract

The radiocarbon (C) calibration curve so far contains annually resolved data only for a short period of time. With accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) matching the precision of decay counting, it is now possible to efficiently produce large datasets of annual resolution for calibration purposes using small amounts of wood. The radiocarbon intercomparison on single-year tree-ring samples presented here is the first to investigate specifically possible offsets between AMS laboratories at high precision. The results show that AMS laboratories are capable of measuring samples of Holocene age with an accuracy and precision that is comparable or even goes beyond what is possible with decay counting, even though they require a thousand times less wood. It also shows that not all AMS laboratories always produce results that are consistent with their stated uncertainties. The long-term benefits of studies of this kind are more accurate radiocarbon measurements with, in the future, better quantified uncertainties.

Item ID: 66772
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 0033-8222
Keywords: annual tree rings, calibration, high precision, IntCal, radiocarbon intercomparison
Copyright Information: © The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 2020. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Date Deposited: 27 Apr 2021 02:39
FoR Codes: 34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES > 3401 Analytical chemistry > 340101 Analytical spectrometry @ 50%
51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES > 5110 Synchrotrons and accelerators > 511002 Instruments and techniques @ 50%
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