Towards a Radiocarbon Chronology of the Late-Glacial: Sample Selection Strategies
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2001-01-01Keywords
tillCumbria England
depositional environment
accelerator mass spectra
precision
England
accuracy
sampling
mass spectra
spectraorganic acidshumic acidsGreat BritainUnited KingdomPlantaechronologypaleoclimatologyPleistoceneupper Pleistoceneorganic compoundsEuropeWestern EuropesedimentsCenozoicQuaternaryclastic sedimentsC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Walker, M. J. C., Bryant, C., Coope, G. R., Harkness, D. D., Lowe, J. J., & Scott, E. M. (2001). Towards a radiocarbon chronology of the Late-Glacial: Sample selection strategies. Radiocarbon, 43(2B), 1007-1019.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
This paper outlines a dating program designed to test the reproducibility of radiocarbon dates on different materials of Late-Glacial age (plant macrofossils, fossil beetle remains, and the "humic" and "humin" chemical fractions of limnic sediments) using a combination of radiometric (beta counting) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques. The results have implications for the design of sampling strategies and for the development of improved dating protocols, both of which are important if a high-precision 14C chronology for the Late-Glacial is to be achieved.Type
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