AMS Radiocarbon Dating of Bones at LSCE

1 January 2003

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Radiocarbon

Vol. 45 (3) , 409-419
https://doi.org/10.1017/s003382220003277x

Abstract

In this paper, we explain our routine pretreatment of bone for radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), based on the specific reaction between amino acids and ninhydrin described by Nelson (1991). The values and uncertainties of the total system background are presented as a function of the carbon sample mass and the reliability of this method is discussed.

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