Separation and 14C dating of pure pollen from lake sediments: nanofossil AMS dating

A. Long, O. K. Davis, J. De Lanois

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Abstract

We have developed and tested a practical device for manually separating pollen from pollen concentrates in sufficient quantity for AMS 14C dating. It is a combination of standard, commercially available equipment handled in a clean room by an individual trained to recognize pollen. A typical example requires about 15-20 h of hand-picking under the microscope. We show the usefulness of this procedure with results on a mid-Holocene segment from a core from Mono Lake. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)557-560
Number of pages4
JournalRadiocarbon
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Archaeology
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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