New 14C ages on cellulose from Diprotodon gut contents: Explorations in oxidation chemistry and combustion

Radiocarbon

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-81

  Gillespie, Richard ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^a   Levchenko, Vladimir ^a,b   Wells, Rod ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CELLULOSE; COMBUSTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LIGNIN; MARSUPIAL; OXIDATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; WOOD;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE CALLABONNA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

DIPROTODON; METATHERIA;

EID: 56949089744     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003382220004337X     Document Type: Article

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