The boon and bane of radiocarbon dating

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5708, 2005, Pages 362-364

  Guilderson, Tom P ^a,b   Reimer, Paula J ^a   Brown, Tom A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

RADIOCARBON DATING;

ACCURACY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CALIBRATION; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 12344250625     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104164     Document Type: Review

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16. This manuscript benefited from discussions with the IntCal 2004 and the MESH Abrupt Climate Change working groups. We thank B. Thunell for reviewing an early draft of this manuscript, and the criticisms and comments of two anonymous reviewers. Funding provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation's ESH Program (ATM-0407554) and the University of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (contract W-7405-Eng-48).