Testing the "Dicarb problem": A case study from North Alaska

Radiocarbon

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-366

  Reuther, Joshua D ^a   Gerlach, S Craig ^b  

^a Northern Land Use Research Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28244442773     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: 00338222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003382220003513X     Document Type: Article

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