The efficiency of charcoal decontamination for radiocarbon dating by three pre-treatments - ABOX, ABA and hypy

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-32

  Bird, Michael I ^a   Levchenko, Vladimir ^b   Ascough, Philippa L ^c   Meredith, Will ^d   Wurster, Christopher M ^a   Williams, Alan ^b   Tilston, Emma L ^c   Snape, Colin E ^d   Apperley, David C ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA; ABOX; Biochar; Charcoal; Hydrogen pyrolysis; Pre treatment; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; PYROLYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFOREST;

EID: 84896786245     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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