Radiocarbon Ages of Pre-Bomb Clams and the Hard-Water Effect in Lakes Michigan and Huron

TitleRadiocarbon Ages of Pre-Bomb Clams and the Hard-Water Effect in Lakes Michigan and Huron
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1995
AuthorsRea, DK, Colman, SM
JournalJournal of Paleolimnology
Volume14
Issue1
Pagination89-91
Date PublishedJul
ISSN0921-2728
Accession NumberWOS:A1995RQ66800006
Abstract

Five radiocarbon ages, all determined by accelerator mass spectrometry, have been obtained for two pre-bomb bivalves from Lake Michigan and one from Lake Huron. After correcting those ages for the fractionation of C-14 in calcite and for the radioactively inert CO2 in the atmosphere, we find residual ages, caused by the hard water effect, of about 250 years for Lake Michigan and 440 years for Lake Huron.

DOI10.1007/Bf00682596