Radiocarbon dating of extinct fauna in the Americas recovered from tar pits

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 223-224, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 668-671

  Jull, A J T ^a,b   Iturralde Vinent, M ^c   O'Malley, J M ^a   MacPhee, R D E ^d   McDonald, H G ^e   Martin, P S ^b   Moody, J ^f   Rincon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Bones; Extinct fauna; Radiocarbon; Tar pits

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BONE; COLLAGEN; EXTRACTION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOISOTOPES; TAR;

EXTINCT FAUNA; RADIOCARBON; TAR PITS;

RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3943065686     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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