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Discussion Reporting of 14C Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Minze Stuiver  and
Henry A Polach
Minze Stuiver
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Henry A Polach
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Count rates, representing the rate of 14C decay, are the basic data obtained in a 14C laboratory. The conversion of this information into an age or geochemical parameters appears a simple matter at first. However, the path between counting and suitable 14C data reporting (table 1) causes headaches to many. Minor deflections in pathway, depending on personal interpretations, are possible and give end results that are not always useful for inter-laboratory comparisons. This discussion is an attempt to identify some of these problems and to recommend certain procedures by which reporting ambiguities can be avoided.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , 1977 , pp. 355 - 363
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