Assessment of oxygen plasma ashing as a pre-treatment for radiocarbon dating

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-442

  Bird, Michael I ^a   Charville Mort, Peter D J ^a   Ascough, Philippa L ^a   Wood, Rachel ^b   Higham, Tom ^b   Apperley, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA; ABOx SC; Biochar; Charcoal; Plasma ashing; Pre treatment; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLASMA; RADIOCARBON DATING; WOOD;

EID: 77955514802     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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