32947

Author

Cook, G.T.; Hold, A.G.; Naysmith, Philip; Anderson, Robert

Title Of Article Chaper

Applicability of new technology' scintillation counters (Packard 2000 CA/LL and 2260 XL) for <sup>14</sup>C dating

Title Of Journal Book

Radiocarbon

Volume

32

Issue

2

Pages

233-234

Collation

1 table

Reference Bibliography

refs.

ISSN

0033-8222

Language Of Text

English

Language Of Summary

English

Literature Type

Serial

Literature Level

Analytic

Abstract

The results of this study indicate that scintillation counters employing burst-counting circuitry are capable of producing accurate age measurements. Replicate analyses confirm the validity of the minimum error of 50-60 years quoted on routine age measurements carried out in this laboratory.

Keywords

dating;error;laboratories;radiocarbon dating; scintillation counters; carbon-14

pub_id

32947