Refining background corrections for radiocarbon dating of bone collagen at ORAU

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 600-611

  Wood, R E ^a   Bronk Ramsey, C ^a   Higham, T F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTIFACT; BONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLLAGEN; CORRECTION; GRAPHITIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL REMAINS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 78049253535     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003382220004563X     Document Type: Article

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