Study of the 14C-contamination potential of C-impurities in CuO and Fe

Radiocarbon

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-110

  Vandeputte, Kurt ^a   Moens, Luc ^a   Dams, Richard ^a   Van Der Plight, Johannes ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

EID: 0032461722     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003382220001794x     Document Type: Article

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