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Radiocarbon Dating
Daniel De Schepper
NCSS
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Conception
• 1946 suggests that 14C exists in living matter
• Confirmed a year later
• 1949 found that several trees contained roughly the same amount of activity due to 14C
• 1960 won Nobel prize
Willard Libby
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• Atmospheric neutron intensity and 14C production
• 14N + 1n 14C + 1H
• CO2 undergoes rapid equilibrium in the atmosphere
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Assumptions
• 14C production is constant
• The biosphere and atmosphere have roughly the same 14C concentration
• After death there is no 14C exchange and it is only affected by radioactive decay
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Some Deviations
• Glacial effects
• Human activity
• Variations in natural production rate
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Glacial effects CO2 solubility is temperature dependant
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Human activity
Fossil fuel (Suess) effect and bomb effect
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Variations in production rate
Major cause of Suess wiggles
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• The need for calibration– Dendrochronology
X-axis spans 2000 calendar yearsY-axis is in radiocarbon age (BP) where 0 BP = 1950 AD
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Sample Preparation
• Unearth sample• Physical separation• Treat with acid
• Convert carbon to CO2 via combustion
• Remove impurities (ie nitrogen oxides, sulfur, products of incomplete combustion, and radon)
• Isolate carbon: 2 Mg + CO2 MgO + C
• Limit exposure to air
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• Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
• Upper age limit 40,000 years• Lower age limit 200 years
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Archaeology
3100 to 4000 BC*
1423 to 1445 AD*
1260 to 1390 AD*
* Radiocarbon date
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Conclusions
• There are errors in radiocarbon dating due to assumptions this calls for calibration
• With this radiocarbon dating can be used to determine the age of a given sample
• Though variation still persists