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- Title
CONTAMINATION OF RADIOCARBON ANALYSES OF PLANT SAMPLES BY FUNGAL HYPHAE.
- Authors
Karig, Daniel E; Mayers, Chase G; Wattenburger, Cassandra J; Southon, John
- Abstract
Fungal hyphae associated with tree roots extending into the surrounding substrate are suspected to have to contaminated buried plant material with recent carbon in two examples and to have resulted in erroneously young radiocarbon ages. This problem might be overcome by choosing sampling sites far from trees or by analyzing the lignin component of samples, although the latter is presently difficult.
- Subjects
RADIOCARBON dating; HYPHAE of fungi; BOTANICAL specimens; PLANT roots; LIGNINS
- Publication
Radiocarbon, 2021, Vol 63, Issue 1, p375
- ISSN
0033-8222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/RDC.2020.124