Using the N/C ratio to correct bulk radiocarbon ages from lake sediments: Insights from Chilean Patagonia

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-29

  Bertrand, Sébastien ^a,b   Araneda, Alberto ^c   Vargas, Patricia ^c   Jana, Patricia ^c   Fagel, Nathalie ^d   Urrutia, Roberto ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age model; Chronology; Old carbon; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE DETERMINATION; CARBONATE ROCK; CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MODELING; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOSOL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHILE; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84867139993     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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