Preparation of bone samples in the Gliwice Radiocarbon Laboratory for AMS Radiocarbon dating

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-275

  Piotrowska, N ^a   Goslar, T ^a,b  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

AMS radiocarbon dating; Bones; Carbon 14; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BONE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038246493     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010208033272     Document Type: Article

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