AMS Radiocarbon Dating

A. J.T. Jull

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00044-3

AMS Radiocarbon Dating

A. J.T. Jull

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This section summarizes the use of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) for radiocarbon dating measurements. It expands on the principles already laid out in the sections on 'Principles of Radiocarbon Dating' and 'Conventional Radiocarbon Dating.' The great advantage of AMS is that it allows dating of very small, submilligram (<0.5. mg C) samples of carbon to routine precisions of about 0.3% (±24 radiocarbon years). Higher precisions, down to about 0.2%, can be obtained by longer counting times or multiple measurements.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	316-323
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9780444536433
ISBN (Print)	9780444536426
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00044-3
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

Keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry
Age calculation
Age determination
Atom counting
Radiocarbon dating
Sample preparation

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General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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