Low-level 14C measurements and accelerator mass spectrometry

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 785, Issue , 2005, Pages 48-56

  Litherland, A E ^a   Gove, H E ^a,b   Beukens, R P ^a   Zhao, X L ^a   Kieser, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Neutrino detectors; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749556441     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2060452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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