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Radiocarbon Age Anomalies in Pre- and Post-Bomb Land Snails from the Coastal Mediterranean Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

G Quarta ,
L Romaniello ,
M D'Elia ,
G Mastronuzzi  and
L Calcagnile
G Quarta*
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering of Innovation and CEDAD, University of Lecce, Italy
L Romaniello
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bari, Italy
M D'Elia
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering of Innovation and CEDAD, University of Lecce, Italy
G Mastronuzzi
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bari, Italy
L Calcagnile
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering of Innovation and CEDAD, University of Lecce, Italy
*
Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The shell carbonate of pre- and post-bomb samples of 2 species of terrestrial gastropods (Theba pisana and Cernuella virgata) sampled along the coast of Apulia, southern Italy, were dated using accelerator mass spectrometry and carbon stable isotopes were analyzed. The analyses show, for both species, significant anomalies in the radiocarbon age due to the possible presence of a 14C-depleted source of carbon in the formation of the shell aragonite. The magnitude of the age anomaly was quantified in the studied area to ∼1000 14C yr.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2007 , pp. 817 - 826
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Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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