The remarkable metrological history of radiocarbon dating [II]

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-217

  Currie, Lloyd A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Bomb" 14c as a global tracer; Accelerator mass spectrometry; Apportionment of fossil and biomass carbon; Dual isotopic authentication; Metrological history; Molecular dating; Radiocarbon dating; SRM 1649a; The turin shroud

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FOSSIL FUELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CARBON BOMB; MOLECULAR DATING; RADIOCARBON;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 8644277043     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.109.013     Document Type: Article

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