Cosmic background reduction in the radiocarbon measurements by liquid scintillation spectrometry at the underground laboratory of gran sasso

Radiocarbon

Volumn 43, Issue 2 PART I, 2001, Pages 157-161

  Plastino, Wolfango ^a,b   Kaihola, Lauri ^c   Bartolomei, Paolo ^d   Bella, Francesco ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c Wallac Oy   (Finland)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON 14;

SPECTROMETRY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0035571528     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200037954     Document Type: Article

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