Murray-Darling basin freshwater shells: riverine reservoir effect

Gillespie, Richard; Fink, David; Petchey, Fiona; Jacobsen, Geraldine

doi:10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00053.x

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Gillespie, R., Fink, D., Petchey, F. & Jacobsen, G. (2009). Murray-Darling basin freshwater shells: riverine reservoir effect. Archaeology in Oceania, 44(2), 107-111.

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Abstract

We report carbon isotope measurements on pre-bomb museum samples of freshwater mussel shells collected alive from riverine locations in New South Wales, Australia. The calculated reservoir ages, ranging from -60 to +112 years, are much smaller than those for Australian marine shells and not considered significant for the radiocarbon dating of Late Pleistocene freshwater shells from the Murray-Darling Basin.

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2009

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Journal Article

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Oceania Publications

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