Development of radiocarbon dating in China over the past 50 years

Radiocarbon

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-107

  Zhou, Weijian ^a,b   Chen, Maobai ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; LABORATORY METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CHINA;

EID: 77955515182     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200033725     Document Type: Article

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