The magnitude of error in conventional bulk-sediment radiocarbon dates from central North America

Quaternary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-308

  Grimm, Eric C ^a   Maher Jr , Louis J ^b   Nelson, David M ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carbon reservoir; Chatsworth Bog, Illinois; Cottonwood Lake, South Dakota; Devils Lake, Wisconsin; Global Pollen Database; Hardwater effect; NEOTOMA database; Radiocarbon dating; Rice Lake, North Dakota

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CARBON BUDGET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLANT; PRECISION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

POPULUS;

EID: 68349148340     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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