Towards a radiocarbon chronology of the late-glacial: Sample selection strategies

Radiocarbon

Volumn 43, Issue 2 PART II, 2001, Pages 1007-1019

  Walker, M J C ^a   Bryant, C ^b   Coope, G R ^c   Harkness, D D ^d   Lowe, J J ^c   Scott, E M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; DATING METHOD; LATE GLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLING BIAS;

BEETLE; CHRONOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOSSIL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0035570699     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200041679     Document Type: Article

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