Cosmogenic carbon-14 in-situ produced in quartz (“in-situ ¹⁴C”) is an emerging geochronological tool that complements the series of in-situ cosmogenic nuclides (³He, ¹⁰Be, ²¹Ne, ²⁶Al, ³⁶Cl) more routinely used to quantify quaternary landscape evolution. Owing to its relatively short half-life (5.7 kyr), in-situ ¹⁴C provides the opportunity to quantify simple or complex exposure and/or burial histories on times scales up to ~25 kyr, in particular when paired with the longer-lived ¹⁰Be or other dating techniques. However, although an efficient protocol for in-situ ¹⁴C extraction from quartz has been existing for over 20 years, the number of in-situ ¹⁴C labs capable of routine analyses is still low, due to the challenging extraction procedure.

This workshop aims at bringing together people in an informal environment for discussions related to in-situ ¹⁴C under four main topics: Extraction techniques, Production systematics, Applications and Modelling/Calculations.

We encourage contributions in the form of oral presentations lasting up to 15-20 min with time for questions and in depth discussions. Workshop participants interested in submitting a contribution are kindly invited to contacting Anne Sofie Sondergaard.