Hydropyrolysis: Implications for radiocarbon pretreatment and characterization of black carbon

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1336-1350

  Ascough, P L ^a   Bird, M I ^b   Meredith, W ^c   Wood, R E ^d   Snape, C E ^c   Brock, F ^d   Higham, T F G ^d   Large, D J ^c   Apperley, D C ^e  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 78049253045     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200046427     Document Type: Article

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