miércoles, 4 de diciembre de 2013

Radiocarbon Calibration Curve Will Allow More Accurate Dating Of Major Past Events

A new, internationally agreed radiocarbon calibration curve method will allow key past events to be dated more accurately.

The work led by Professors Paul Blackwell and Caitlin Buck from the University of Sheffield's School of Mathematics and Statistics and Professor Paula Reimer from Queen's University Belfast will lead to improved accuracy for archaeologists, environmental scientists and climate researchers who rely on radiocarbon dating to put their findings onto a reliable time-scale.

The release of the new curve will mean that more precise date estimates can be obtained than previously possible and will reduce uncertainty about the timing of major events in the history and development of humans, plants and animals and the environments in which they lived. [...] science20.com

The research paper is published in the current issue of the journal Radiocarbon.

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