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Calibration of Lacustrine Sediment Ages Using the Relationship Between 14C Levels in Lake Waters and in the Atmosphere: The Case of Lake Kinneret

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Mariana Stiller ,
Aaron Kaufman ,
Israel Carmi  and
Genia Mintz
Mariana Stiller*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Aaron Kaufman
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Israel Carmi
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Genia Mintz
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
*
Corresponding author. Email: cistiler@wis.weizmann.ac.il.
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The source of endogenic organic and inorganic carbon in lacustrine sediments is the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in the lake water. The relation between the radiocarbon levels of DIC in Lake Kinneret and of CO2 in the atmosphere has been investigated. The ratio of the former to the latter was found to be 0.814 ± 0.013. This ratio is used for calibrating the age of the sediment according to the natural fluctuations in the atmospheric levels of 14C that occurred during the past 10,000 years.

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II. Our ‘Wet’ Environment
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Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 2B: Proceedings of the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 2 of 3), Conference Editors: Israel Carmi, Elisabetta Boaretto , 2001 , pp. 821 - 830
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Copyright © 2001 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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