Abstract

Spatial and temporal variations in the atmospheric bomb radiocarbon make it a very useful tracer and a dating tool. With the introduction of more atmospheric bomb radiocarbon records, the spatial and temporal changes in bomb radiocarbon are becoming clearer. Bomb radiocarbon record from a pine tree in the northern Israel region shows that the Δ14C level in the region is closer to the northern hemisphere zone (NH) 1 as compared to the northern hemisphere zone (NH) 2. A comparison of this pine's Δ14C record with a nearby olive tree's Δ14C values also highlights changes in the growing season of the olive wood from one year to the other. The observation suggests that olive wood 14C ages can show offset compared to the IntCal curve, and thus they should be interpreted cautiously.

Details

Title
Sub-annual bomb radiocarbon records from trees in northern Israel
Author
Raj, Harsh 1 ; Ehrlich, Yael 1 ; Regev, Lior 1 ; Mintz, Eugenia 1 ; Boaretto, Elisabetta 1 

 Weizmann Institute of Science, D-REAMS Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scientific Archaeology Unit, Rehovot, Israel (GRID:grid.13992.30) (ISNI:0000 0004 0604 7563) 
Pages
18851
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2884934500
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.