Radiocarbon dating | Conventional method

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2899-2911

  Cook, G T ^a   Van Der Plicht, J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

14C age calculations; Accelerator mass spectrometric; Acetylene; AMS; Anticoincidence shielding; Becquerel; Before present; Benzene; BGO; Bismuth germinate (Bi4Ge3O12); BP; Bq; C2H2; C2H6; C6H6; Carbon dioxide; CH3OH; CH4; CO2; Counts per minute; Cpm; Ethane; FF; Fractionation factor; Gas proportional counting; Geiger M ller; GM; GPC; Liquid scintillation counting; LSC; MCA; Methane; Methanol; Multichannel analyzer; National toxicology program; NTP; Passive shielding; Photomultiplier tube; PMT; QF; QIP; Quench factor; Quench indicating parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079815212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00040-5     Document Type: Chapter

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