Ultrafiltration of bone samples is neither the problem nor the solution

Radiocarbon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 491-500

  Fülöp, Réka Hajnalka ^a   Heinze, Stefan ^a   John, Svetlana ^a   Rethemeyer, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone dating; Bone pre treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BONE; CARBON ISOTOPE; MAMMOTH; SAMPLING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

COLOGNE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 84884399885     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16296     Document Type: Article

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