Historic measurements of radiocarbon in New Zealand soils

Radiocarbon

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-270

  Lassey, K R ^a   Tate, K R ^b   Sparks, R J ^c   Claydon, J J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-14; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL FORMING FACTOR;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030324108     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003382220001763X     Document Type: Article

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