Spatial Variation in the Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effect Throughout the Scottish Post-Roman to Late Medieval Period
North Sea Values (500–1350 BP)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9242347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Russell (0000-0001-7623-1364), G T Cook, P L Ascough, A J Dugmore |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1166-1181 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radiocarbon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0033822200046245 |
| OpenAlex | W1821281563 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 37 |
The marine radiocarbon reservoir effect (MRE) occurs as a spatially and temporally dependent variable owing to localized changes in oceanic water composition. This study investigates ΔR values (deviations from the global average MRE whose ΔR = 0) during the period 500–1350 BP for the east coast of Scotland, where a complex estuarine system exists that drains into the semi-enclosed North Sea basin. Due to the availability of suitable archaeological samples, the data set has a distinct Medieval focus that spans the area from Aberdeen in the north to East Lothian in the south. Many of the ΔR values are not significantly different from 0 (the global average), but there are occasional excursions to negative values (max –172 ± 20) indicating the presence of younger water. These values show greater variability compared to other published data for this general region, suggesting that considerable care must be taken when dating marine derived samples from archaeological sites on the east coast of Scotland
Archaeology · Estuary · Geography · Holocene · Physical geography · Radiocarbon dating · Sea level · Spatial variability · Structural basin · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 0.94 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |