Direct Bone Dating in a Small CO2 Counter
Issue Date
1983-01-01Keywords
ChileHominidae
Homo
Homo sapiens
Primates
counters
La Jolla Shores
Lake Taguatagua
Los Angeles County California
Rancho La BreaCaliforniaTheriaEutheriainstrumentsSouth AmericaMammaliaarchaeologyHolocenetechniquesChordataTetrapodaVertebrataPleistoceneUnited StatesbonesCenozoicQuaternaryC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Berger, R. (1983). Direct bone dating in a small CO2 counter. Radiocarbon, 25(2), 655-659.Publisher
American Journal of ScienceJournal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 11th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Seattle, Washington, June 20-26, 1982.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
A small 200ml capacity CO2 proportional counting system has been developed which uses only 100mg of carbon for complete filling. Thus, with respect to the small quantities needed, it compares favorably to dedicated accelerators at significantly lower cost. The performance of this equipment is demonstrated using a variety of samples including some human bone fragments from La Jolla which had been estimated to be 28,000 years old by aspartic acid racemization analysis.Type
Proceedingstext