On correcting 14C ages of gastropod shell carbonate for fractionation

Radiocarbon

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 755-760

  Pigati, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CARBONIC ACID; LIMESTONE;

CARBONATE; ERROR CORRECTION; FRACTIONATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHELL;

AGE DETERMINATION; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOSSIL; FRACTIONATION; GASTROPOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SOIL; TIME;

EID: 0141505087     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200032203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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