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14C dating part 6: Radiocarbon as natural tracer: Carbon isotopes in environmental and palaeoclimate investigations

Investigations of the Dinaric Karst in Croatia using carbon isotope analyses of 13C/12C and 14C were presented through the following applications: 1) the exchange processes of 13C and 14C between atmospheric CO2, dissolved inorganic and organic carbon in water and recent carbonate precipitated in surface water in form of tufa and lake sediment in the Plitvice Lakes and Korana River ; 2) human induced impact of 14C in the karst environment ; 3) influence of climate change/sea level change to the formation of calcite deposits in form of speleothem, tufa and biogenic/algal littoral rims in the Dinaric karst.

radiocarbon; stable isotope; Plitvice Lakes; carbonate; tufa

PPT published in Collection of lectures - Regional Training Course on Dating of Cultural Heritage Artefacts using Nuclear Analytical Techniques, Zagreb, 20 - 25 May 2013, organized within the RER/0/034 project "Enhencing the characterization, preservation and protection of cultural heritage artefacts".