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Dating of Biodeposits of Oxalates at the Arc De Berà in Tarragona, Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

J Girbal ,
J L Prada ,
R Rocabayera  and
M Argemí
J Girbal
Affiliation:
Botànica. Fac. Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. Email: josep.girbal@cc.uab.es.
J L Prada
Affiliation:
ESCRBCC. Aiguablava 109-113, 08033 Barcelona, Spain
R Rocabayera
Affiliation:
Botànica. Fac. Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. Email: josep.girbal@cc.uab.es.
M Argemí
Affiliation:
Balmes 67, 08225 Terrassa, Spain
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Abstract

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This research stems from an earlier study of the lichen covering with oxalate deposits at the Arc de Berà monument. The initial objective of dating these biodeposits opened up other questions concerning the structure of these deposits and how they were formed. Some dating results gave an absolute age greater than the monument itself, which posed various hypotheses on the possible ageing mechanisms.

Type
I. Our ‘Dry’ Environment: Above Sea Level
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 2B: Proceedings of the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 2 of 3), Conference Editors: Israel Carmi, Elisabetta Boaretto , 2001 , pp. 637 - 645
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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