Radiocarbon dating of alkenones from marine sediments: I. Isolation protocol

Radiocarbon

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-412

  Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a,b   Xu, Li ^a   Reddy, Christopher M ^a   Montlučon, Daniel ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ALGAE;

EID: 28244483846     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: 00338222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200035189     Document Type: Article

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