Radiocarbon dating of organic- and carbonate-carbon in Genyornis and Dromaius eggshell using stepped combustion and stepped acidification

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 15-17, 2003, Pages 1805-1812

  Bird, M I ^a,b,f   Turney, C S M ^a,g   Fifield, L K ^a   Smith, M A ^c   Miller, G H ^d   Roberts, R G ^e   Magee, J W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; CARBONATES; LUMINESCENCE; RADIOISOTOPES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

STEPPED ACIDIFICATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ACIDIFICATION; CARBONATE; EGGSHELL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING;

DROMAIUS; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; GENYORNIS; GENYORNIS NEWTONI; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 0042768529     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00151-3     Document Type: Article

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