An Improved Method for Radiocarbon Dating Fossil Bones
Issue Date
1993-01-01Keywords
humusorganic carbon
collagen
proteins
organic compounds
organic materials
bones
C 14
carbon
datesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Arslanov, K. A., & Svezhentsev, Y. S. (1993). An improved method for radiocarbon dating fossil bones. Radiocarbon, 35(3), 387-391.Journal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
We demonstrate here that the use of either the acid-alkali or Longin method alone does not fully extract contaminants from bone-collagen fractions. We present our methods and results of extracting bone collagen that involve successive use of both of these methods.Type
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