Accelerator Radiocarbon Dating at SFU

D E Nelson; J S Vogel; J R Southon; T A Brown

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The Simon Fraser University accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility has now been in semi-routine use since the beginning of 1985. The advantages and limitations for 14C dating are described.

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