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Radiocarbon Marine Reservoir Effect on the Northwestern Coast of Cuba

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2016

M Diaz ,
K D Macario Open the ORCID record for K D Macario [Opens in a new window] ,
P R S Gomes ,
L Álvarez-Lajonchere ,
O Aguilera  and
E Q Alves
M Diaz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Gal. Milton Tavares de Souza, S/N, Niterói, 24210-346, RJ, Brazil Instituto Superior de Tecnologías y Ciencias Aplicadas, InSTEC, Quinta de los Molinos, Ave. Salvador Allende y Luaces, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba
K D Macario*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Gal. Milton Tavares de Souza, S/N, Niterói, 24210-346, RJ, Brazil
P R S Gomes
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Gal. Milton Tavares de Souza, S/N, Niterói, 24210-346, RJ, Brazil
L Álvarez-Lajonchere
Affiliation:
Museo Felipe Poey, Universidad de la Habana, U.H., San Lazaro y Calle L, CP 10400, Havana, Cuba
O Aguilera
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro São João Batista, s/n, Niterói, 24001-970, RJ, Brazil
E Q Alves
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Gal. Milton Tavares de Souza, S/N, Niterói, 24210-346, RJ, Brazil Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

The regional component (∆R) of the marine reservoir effect (MRE), which is crucial for the accurate calibration of radiocarbon ages of marine-influenced samples, was determined for the Cuban northwestern coast. Fifteen different locations were studied by 14C dating of pre-bomb known-age marine shells specimens of bivalves and gastropods from the Felipe Poey Museum collection. Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C measurements were performed at the Radiocarbon Laboratory of the Universidade Federal Fluminense (LAC-UFF) and mean ΔR values were estimated. The distribution of results indicates ∆R values from −46±38 to 140±52 14C yr and a possible pattern related to the position along the coast and ocean dynamics. We present both mean values for each region and a general ∆R of 28±13 14C yr for the northwestern coast of Cuba.

Keywords

Cubamarine reservoir effectpre-bomb shells
Type
14C as a Tracer of Past or Present Ocean Circulation
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 59 , Special Issue 2: Proceedings of the 22nd International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 1 of 2) , April 2017 , pp. 333 - 341
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© 2016 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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Footnotes

Selected Papers from the 2015 Radiocarbon Conference, Dakar, Senegal, 16–20 November 2015

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