Natural abundances of carbon isotopes (14C, 13C) in lichens and calcium oxalate pruina: Implications for archaeological and paleoenvironmental studies

Radiocarbon

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 675-683

  Beazley, Melanie J ^b   Rickman, Richard D ^b   Ingram, Debra K ^b   Boutton, Thomas W ^a   Russ, Jon ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; LIMESTONE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COATING; DATING METHOD; FRACTIONATION; LICHEN; OXALATE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RELIABILITY; ROCK; SAND; UNITED STATES;

ARKANSAS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141505096     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200032124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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