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SUBMITTER: Tintner J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7347527 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20200709 1
Dating of wood is a major task in historical research, archaeology and paleoclimatology. Currently, the most important dating techniques are dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating. Our approach is based on molecular decay over time under specific preservation conditions. In the models presented here, construction wood, cold soft waterlogged wood and wood from living trees are combined. Under these conditions, molecular decay as a usable clock for dating purposes takes place with comparable spee ...[more]