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    Comment on "Radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 0 to 50,000 years BP based on paired 230Th/234U/238U and 14C dates on pristine corals" by R.G. Fairbanks et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2005) 1781-1796), and "Extending the radiocarbon calibration beyond 26,000 years before present using fossil corals" by T.-C. Chiu et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2005) 1797-1808).

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    2006-02
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    Reimer, Paula J.  Concept link
    Baillie, Mike G. L.  Concept link
    Bard, Edouard  Concept link
    Beck, J. Warren  Concept link
    Blackwell, Paul G.  Concept link
    Buck, Caitlin E.  Concept link
    Burr, George S.  Concept link
    Edwards, R. Lawrence  Concept link
    Friedrich, Michael  Concept link
    Guilderson, Thomas P.  Concept link
    Hogg, Alan G.  Concept link
    Hughen, Konrad A.  Concept link
    Kromer, Bernd  Concept link
    McCormac, Gerry  Concept link
    Manning, Sturt  Concept link
    Reimer, Ron W.  Concept link
    Southon, John R.  Concept link
    Stuiver, Minze  Concept link
    van der Plicht, Johannes  Concept link
    Weyhenmeyer, Constanze E.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/1362
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.09.009
    Abstract
    A recently published radiocarbon calibration curve extending to 50,000 cal BP (Fairbanks et al. 2005) is purportedly superior to that generated by the IntCal working group beyond the end of the tree-ring data at 12,400 cal BP (Reimer et al. 2004). This claim is based, in part, on different diagenetic screening criteria and pretreatment for coral samples (Fairbanks et al. 2005; Chiu et al. 2005) which do not stand up under careful scrutiny. Also at issue is the conversion of the coral-based calibration curve to an atmospheric curve where large inter-annual variability in the sea-surface age reservoir age has been observed in the southwest Pacific where one of two sets of corals used were sampled. In addition we comment on the seemingly ad hoc statistical methods utilized by Fairbanks et al. (2005) to construct their curve. We recognize the value of the Fairbanks et al. (2005) coral radiocarbon data set, but reassert the need for multiple, independently derived data to provide confirmation and validation to all radiocarbon calibration data. This is especially important before 26,000 cal BP when lower sea-levels of the last glacial maximum exposed most coral samples to alteration by fresh water.
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    Author Posting. © Elsevier B.V., 2006. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Quaternary Science Reviews 25 (2006): 855-862, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.09.009.
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    Preprint: Reimer, Paula J., Baillie, Mike G. L., Bard, Edouard, Beck, J. Warren, Blackwell, Paul G., Buck, Caitlin E., Burr, George S., Edwards, R. Lawrence, Friedrich, Michael, Guilderson, Thomas P., Hogg, Alan G., Hughen, Konrad A., Kromer, Bernd, McCormac, Gerry, Manning, Sturt, Reimer, Ron W., Southon, John R., Stuiver, Minze, van der Plicht, Johannes, Weyhenmeyer, Constanze E., "Comment on "Radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 0 to 50,000 years BP based on paired 230Th/234U/238U and 14C dates on pristine corals" by R.G. Fairbanks et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2005) 1781-1796), and "Extending the radiocarbon calibration beyond 26,000 years before present using fossil corals" by T.-C. Chiu et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2005) 1797-1808).", 2006-02, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.09.009, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/1362
     

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