AMS dating of pollen concentrates - A methodological study of late quaternary sediments from South Westland, New Zealand

Radiocarbon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 479-491

  Vandergoes, Marcus J ^a   Prior, Christine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; HOLOCENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; POLLEN ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST;

EID: 0842309686     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200032823     Document Type: Article

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