Effect of dead carbon on the 14C dating of the speleothem

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 817-821

  Cai, Yanjun ^a   Beck, Warren ^b   Peng, Zicheng ^a,c   Zhang, Zhaofeng ^c,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

'Dead carbon' correction; 14C dating; Speleothem; TIMS U series age

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746692831     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wd0082     Document Type: Article

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