Investigation into background levels of small organic samples at the NERC radiocarbon laboratory

Radiocarbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Ertunç, Tanya ^a   Xu, Sheng ^b   Bryant, Charlotte L ^a   Currie, Margaret ^a   Freeman, Stewart P H T ^b   Maden, Colin ^b   Murray, Callum ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952684234     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200042193     Document Type: Article

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