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A Comparison of Cellulose Extraction and ABA Pretreatment Methods for AMS 14C Dating of Ancient Wood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

J R Southon  and
A L Magana
J R Southon*
Affiliation:
Earth System Science Department, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
A L Magana
Affiliation:
Earth System Science Department, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
*
Corresponding author. Email: jsouthon@uci.edu.
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Abstract

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We have compared accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon results on wood samples at or near the limit of 14C dating, pretreated with a standard acid-base-acid (ABA) protocol, with those obtained from cellulose prepared from the same samples by several modifications of the Jayme-Wise cellulose extraction method (Green 1963). These tests were carried out to determine the most efficient way to ensure low backgrounds in 14C measurements of well-preserved ancient wood samples.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 52 , Issue 3: 20th Int. Radiocarbon Conference Proceedings , 2010 , pp. 1371 - 1379
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Copyright © 2010 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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