The freshwater reservoir effect in radiocarbon dating

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Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Philippsen, Bente ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84894092345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-7445-1-24     Document Type: Article

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