A direct estimate of the initial concentration of 14C in the mountain Aquifer of Israel

Israel Carmi; Joel Kronfeld; Yoseph Yechieli; Elisabetta Boaretto; Miryam Bar-Matthews; Avner Ayalon

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A direct estimate of the initial concentration of ¹⁴C in the mountain Aquifer of Israel

Israel Carmi, Joel Kronfeld, Yoseph Yechieli, Elisabetta Boaretto, Miryam Bar-Matthews, Avner Ayalon

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Five radiocarbon analyses were performed on 5 different sources within Soreq Cave, which was used as a model for the Judea Group Aquifer of Israel (pMC_q0). The transit time of rainwater through the roof of the cave to sources within it had been determined with tritium. From this information, the year of deposition of rain on the roof of the cave, which later appeared in one of the sources, was estimated and the atmospheric ¹⁴C concentration at that time was ascertained (pMC_a0). The parameter Q = pMC_q0/pMC_a0 was found to be Q = 0.60 ± 0.04. This makes it possible to calculate the age of water in any well in the Judea Group Aquifer of Israel by measuring its ¹⁴C concentration (pMC _qt) by use of the decay equation and applying Q.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	497-500
Number of pages	4
Journal	Radiocarbon
Volume	46
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200035554
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

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