Holocene slip-rate on the Gowk strike-slip fault and implications for the distribution of tectonic strain in eastern Iran by Walker, RT, Talebian, M, Sloan, R, Rasheedi, A, Fattahi, M, Bryant, C

“…Numerous channels incised into the palaeolake surface are displaced right-laterally by 30 ± 5 m at the fault. Radiocarbon dating of two terrestrial wood fragments constrains the lake desiccation at a maximum of 7.9 ± 0.1 cal ka BP, from which we estimate a minimum slip-rate for the Gowk fault of 3.8 ± 0.7 mm yr-1. …”

The end of the world, or just ‘Goodbye to all that’? Contextualising the red deer heap from the Links of Noltland, Westray, within late third millennium cal BC Orkney by Clarke, D, Sheridan, A, Shepherd, A, Sharples, N, Armour-Chelu, M, Hamlet, L, Ramsey, CB, Dunbar, E, Reimer, P, Marshall, P, Whittle, A

“…As part of a major international research project, The Times of Their Lives, a programme of radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling was undertaken to refine the chronology of activities in one small but important part of the extensive Late Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement on Links of Noltland on the island of Westray, Orkney. …”

Detailed reconstruction of bog functional state as response to continental climate changes in Holocene (the middle taiga of West Siberia) by Yulia Preis

“…The methods used in the study: detailed (1-5 cm) study of the macrofossils composition and physic-chemical properties of peat, radiocarbon dating (13 dates) peat deposits; reconstruction of phytocenoses and water regimes by traditional paleoecological methods, reconstruction of paleocryogenic processes based on the system-evolutionary methodical approach of searching violations in autogenous mire development and complex of bio-indicators from permafrost zone; author's method of adjusting the chronology with account of peat accumulation stopping; comparative analysis of the obtained data and regional climate reconstructions. …”
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X-ray Dating of a Turin Shroud’s Linen Sample by Liberato De Caro, Teresa Sibillano, Rocco Lassandro, Cinzia Giannini, Giulio Fanti

“…The degree of natural aging of the cellulose that constitutes the linen of the investigated sample, obtained by X-ray analysis, showed that the TS fabric is much older than the seven centuries proposed by the 1988 radiocarbon dating. The experimental results are compatible with the hypothesis that the TS is a 2000-year-old relic, as supposed by Christian tradition, under the condition that it was kept at suitable levels of average secular temperature—20.0–22.5 °C—and correlated relative humidity—75–55%—for 13 centuries of unknown history, in addition to the seven centuries of known history in Europe. …”
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Reconstruction of mean January air temperature of Holocene in the lower Kolyma River region by N. A. Budantseva, Yu. K. Vasil’chuk

“…The Holocene age of ice wedges is determined on the basis of radiocarbon dating of the enclosing sediments and location of ice wedges in alases, floodplains and lacustrine-paludal basins. …”
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MIS 3 age of the Veiki moraine in N Sweden – Dating the landform record of an intermediate-sized ice sheet in Scandinavia by Helena Alexanderson, Martina Hättestrand, Mimmi A. Lindqvist, Thorbjörg Sigfúsdóttir

“…We have applied optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and radiocarbon dating to four sites within the northern part of the Veiki moraine to establish its chronology. …”
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Social elite from the power centre of Late Antique Gallaecia? Revisiting San Bartolomé de Rebordáns (Tui, Spain) by Patxi Pérez-Ramallo, Nieves Veiga López, Aurora Grandal-d´Anglade, José Carlos Sánchez-Pardo

“…Here, we apply a combination of complementary techniques: archaeological survey, absolute radiocarbon dating, osteological and stable isotope analyses of the human remains, and the revision of the available contextual information. …”
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Atmospheric radiocarbon levels were highly variable during the last deglaciation by Sahra Talamo, Michael Friedrich, Florian Adolphi, Bernd Kromer, Timothy J. Heaton, Silvia Cercatillo, Raimund Muscheler, Dragana Paleček, Enrico Pelloni, Laura Tassoni, Vladimiro Toniello, Lukas Wacker

“…Abstract Radiocarbon dating provides a key chronological framework for studying past environmental changes. …”
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Luminescence dating of sand matrices within gravelly fluvial deposits: Assessing the plausibility of beta dose rate calculation by Yuji Ishii, Kazumi Ito

“…Dating of gravelly fluvial deposits is typically hampered by the absence of suitable plant fragments for radiocarbon dating or sand layers for luminescence dating. …”
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The Dunes of Belvedere–San Marco of Aquileia: Integrating High-Resolution Digital Terrain Models and Multispectral Images with Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey to Map the Largest Sy... by Federica Vanzani, Alessandro Fontana, Livio Ronchi, Jacopo Boaga, Veronica Chiarini, Irka Hajdas

“…Radar soundings, together with the description of stratigraphic sections and cores, documented the internal clinostratification of the dunes, supporting their aeolian origin. Radiocarbon dating documents that the dunes formed 22 ka ago, at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum, and probably evolved until the first part of the Late Glacial, when vegetation was scarce. …”
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Impact of Paleoclimatic Changes on the Cultural and Historical Processes at the Turn of the Late Bronze—Early Iron Ages in the Northern Black Sea Region by Marianna A. Kulkova, Maya T. Kashuba, Sergey M. Agulnikov, Alexander M. Kulkov, Mikhail A. Streltsov, Maria N. Vetrova, Aurel Zanoci

“…For reconstruction of paleoclimatic conditions and anthropogenic activity, the methods of geochemical indication of paleoclimatic conditions and radiocarbon dating were applied. The climatic changes in the Dniester basin towards aridization around 11th–9th century’s calBC were a crisis of the Belozerkа culture in the Pontic steppe and the trigger for the spreading of the Cozia-Saharna cultural communities into the forest-steppe zone and the formation of fortified settlements the Saharna Miča, the Saharna Mare and the Glinjeni II-La Șanț.…”
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The Agriculture and Society in the Yiluo River Basin: Archaeobotanical Evidence From the Suyang Site by Fan Yang, Qimeng Duan, Baozeng Cheng, Guang Ren, Yin Jia, Guiyun Jin

“…Our analytical results of carbonized plant remains and phytolith, coupled with radiocarbon dating, showed that millet was the main crop in the late Yangshao culture (5,500–5000 BP), followed by rice. …”
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Life on the Edge: A Powerful Tsunami Overwhelmed Indian Ocean Mangroves One Millennium Ago by Valeska Decker, Carole T. Gee, Pia J. Schucht, Susanne Lindauer, Gösta Hoffmann

“…However, a 25-cm-thick shell layer in the lagoon adjacent to the city of Sur was attributed to the 1945 tsunami, although dating of the shell deposit proved difficult, and the radiocarbon dates of mollusk shells were regarded as unreliable. …”
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Where are the Roman women of Ovilava? A spatio-temporal approach to interpret the female deficit at the eastern Roman cemetery (Gräberfeld Ost) of Ovilava, Austria by Dominik Hagmann, Barbara Ankerl, Michaela Greisinger, Renate Miglbauer, Sylvia Kirchengast

“…A total of 111 individuals older than 15 years could be included in the analysis. Radiocarbon dating allowed a chronological classification of the burials. …”
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Echoes of the Past: Unveiling the Kharga Oasis’ Cultural Heritage and Climate Vulnerability through Millennia by Hossam Ismael, Waleed Abbas, Heba Ghaly, Ahmed M. El Kenawy

“…This analysis was reinforced by paleoclimate information and radiocarbon dating (C14). The utilization of an interdisciplinary approach yielded significant insights into the dynamic climate patterns and their effects on the Kharga Oasis across temporal scales. …”
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Detailed reconstruction of bog functional state as response to continental climate changes in Holocene (the middle taiga of West Siberia) by Yulia Preis

“…The methods used in the study: detailed (1-5 cm) study of the macrofossils composition and physic-chemical properties of peat, radiocarbon dating (13 dates) peat deposits; reconstruction of phytocenoses and water regimes by traditional paleoecological methods, reconstruction of paleocryogenic processes based on the system-evolutionary methodical approach of searching violations in autogenous mire development and complex of bio-indicators from permafrost zone; author's method of adjusting the chronology with account of peat accumulation stopping; comparative analysis of the obtained data and regional climate reconstructions. …”
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Age of moraines of the Bolshoy Azau Glacier in the upper course of the Baksan River valley according to dendrochronological data by O. N. Solomina, I. S. Bushueva, N. A. Volodicheva, E. A. Dolgova

“…Historical evidence, cartographic data, remote sensing materials, as well as the results of lichenometric studies and radiocarbon dating of buried soils were used as additional sources of information. …”
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Lake Drainage in Permafrost Regions Produces Variable Plant Communities of High Biomass and Productivity by Sergey Loiko, Nina Klimova, Darya Kuzmina, Oleg Pokrovsky

“…Based on a combination of satellite imagery, archive mapping, and radiocarbon dating, we distinguished early (<50 years), mid (50–200 years), and late (200–2000 years) ecosystem stages depending on the age of drainage. …”
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Sediment gravity flow frequency offshore central California diminished significantly following the Last Glacial Maximum by Stephen C. Dobbs, Charles K. Paull, Eve M. Lundsten, Roberto Gwiazda, David W. Caress, Mary McGann, Marianne M. Coholich, Maureen A. L. Walton, Nora M. Nieminski, Tim McHargue, Stephan A. Graham

“…Through an integrated study using surveying data, sediment core analysis, radiocarbon dating, and stable isotope measurements, we hypothesize that turbidity current event frequency was higher during the late Pleistocene than at present conditions. …”
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Late Holocene Peatland Evolution in Terelj and Tuul Rivers Drainage Basins in the Khentii Mountain Range of Northeastern Mongolia by Alexander Orkhonselenge, Munkhjargal Uuganzaya, Tuyagerel Davaagatan, Ganbaatar Enkhbayar

“…The peatlands were examined through their physical and chemical properties, diatom assemblages, and radiocarbon dating. In the Terelj River basin, the high contents of organic matter and biogenic silica and the dominant benthic diatom assemblages such as <i>Eunotia praerupta</i>, <i>Pinnularia borealis</i>, and <i>Navicula mutica</i> in the peat deposits indicate the warm and humid climates in the late Holocene. …”
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