How reliable are radiocarbon laboratories?: A report on the Fourth International Radiocarbon Inter-comparison (FIRI) (1998-2001)

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 295, 2003, Pages 146-154

  Boaretto, Elisabetta ^b   Bryant, Charlotte ^a   Carmi, Israel ^b   Cook, Gordon ^c   Gulliksen, Steinar ^d   Harkness, Doug ^h   Heinemeier, Jan ^e   McClure, John ^h   McGee, Edward ^f   Naysmith, Philip ^c   Possnert, Goran ^g   Scott, Marian ^h   van der Plicht, Hans ⁱ   van Strydonck, Mark ^j  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^j KIKIRPA   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Laboratory inter comparison; Outlier; Quality assurance; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 0037367855     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061445     Document Type: Article

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