Paleoearthquakes as Anchor Points in Bayesian Radiocarbon Deposition Models
A Case Study from the Dead Sea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9245482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elisa J Kagan (0000-0002-9230-5535), Mordechai Stein (0000-0002-3126-416X), Amotz Agnon (0000-0002-0232-8574), Christopher B Ramsey (0000-0002-8641-9309) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1018-1026 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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/s0033822200046105 |
| OpenAlex | W2210528351 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
The Bayesian statistical method of the OxCal v 4.1 program is used to construct an age-depth model for a set of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon ages of organic debris collected from a late Holocene Dead Sea stratigraphic section (the Ein Feshkha Nature Reserve). The model is tested for a case where no prior earthquake information is applied and for a case where there is incorporation of known ages of 4 prominent historical earthquakes as chronological anchor points along the section. While the anchor-based model provided a tightly constrained age-depth regression, the “non-anchored” model still produces a correlation where most of the 68% or 95% age ranges of the 52 seismites can be correlated to historical earthquakes. This presents us with the opportunity for high-resolution paleoseismic analysis and comparison between various sites
Accelerator mass spectrometry · Archaeology · Bayesian probability · Geography · Holocene · Radiocarbon dating · Sediment · Seismology · Statistics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Geology · Paleontology
The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea
Late Holocene lake levels of the Dead Sea
Deposition models for chronological records
Intcal04 Terrestrial Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 0–26 Cal Kyr BP
Development of the Radiocarbon Calibration Program
Radiocarbon Calibration and Analysis of Stratigraphy
Discussion Reporting of 14 C Data
Combining archaeological and radiocarbon information
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |