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A Delta R correction value for Samoa from known-age marine shells.

Matthew B Phelan

Abstract


A first-order Delta R correction value for marine samples is presented based on 3 radiocarbon determinations of known-age marine shells from Samoa.

Keywords


corrections;Upolu Island;Oceania;Polynesia;Samoa;Holocene;sample preparation;Cenozoic;Quaternary;C 14;carbon;dates;isotopes;radioactive isotopes;shells;Invertebrata;Mollusca;absolute age;Gastropoda

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