Radiocarbon dating and calibration

Handbook of Sea-Level Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 347-360

  Törnqvist, Torbjörn E ^a   Rosenheim, Brad E ^a,b   Hu, Ping ^a   Fernandez, Alvaro B ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

14C variations; Accelerator mass spectrometry; Calibration curves; Calibration software; Error assessment; Half life; Isotopic fractionation; Radiometric dating; Reservoir effect; Wiggle matching

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; SEA LEVEL;

14C VARIATIONS; ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CALIBRATION CURVES; CALIBRATION SOFTWARES; ERROR ASSESSMENT; HALF LIVES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RESERVOIR EFFECT; WIGGLE MATCHING;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84977159868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118452547.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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