Radiocarbon nomenclature, theory, models, and interpretation: Measuring age, determining cycling rates, and tracing source pools

Radiocarbon and Climate Change: Mechanisms, Applications and Laboratory Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 45-82

  Trumbore, S E ^a,b   Sierra, C A ^b   Hicks Pries, C E ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLING RATES; TRACING SOURCES;

EID: 85024397125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25643-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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