Radiocarbon calibration by means of mass spectrometric 230Th/234U and 14C ages of corals: An updated database including samples from Barbados, Mururoa and Tahiti

Radiocarbon

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1085-1092

  Bard, Edouard ^a   Arnold, Maurice ^b   Hamelin, Bruno ^a   Tisneratlaborde, Nadine ^b   Cabioch, Guy ^c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOCARBON DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 0032420549     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200019135     Document Type: Article

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