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US Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Radiocarbon Measurements I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

F J Pearson Jr.
Affiliation:
US Geological Survey, Isotope Hydrology Laboratory, National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092
Martha Bodden
Affiliation:
US Geological Survey, Isotope Hydrology Laboratory, National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092
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The Water Resources Division of the US Geological Survey has operated a low-level tritium laboratory since the late 1950's. In 1970, 14C-measuring facilities were added to that laboratory to provide analyses of ground water and other carbonates, primarily for research and field projects of the Division.

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