AMS Radiocarbon Dating of Bones at LSCE
Issue Date
2003-01-01Keywords
Carriere CaveGerde France
Hautes Pyrenees France
Scladina Cave
Sclayn Belgium
nitrogen
preparation
accelerator mass spectra
instruments
mass spectraspectraFranceBelgiumPleistoceneupper PleistoceneEuropeWestern EuropebonesCenozoicQuaternarymethodsC 14carbonisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Tisnérat-Laborde, N., Valladas, H., Kaltnecker, E., & Arnold, M. (2003). AMS radiocarbon dating of bones at LSCE. Radiocarbon, 45(3), 409-419.Journal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
In this paper, we explain our routine pretreatment of bone for radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), based on the specific reaction between amino acids and ninhydrin described by Nelson (1991). The values and uncertainties of the total system background are presented as a function of the carbon sample mass and the reliability of this method is discussed.Type
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