A protocol for radiocarbon dating tropical subfossil cave guano

Radiocarbon

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 977-986

  Wurster, Christopher M ^a   Bird, Michael I ^b   Bull, Ian ^c   Bryant, Charlotte ^d   Ascough, Philippa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE DETERMINATION; CUTICLE; GUANO; LIPID; RADIOCARBON DATING; SUBFOSSIL;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77949669484     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200034056     Document Type: Article

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