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Development of Radiocarbon Dating in China Over the Past 50 Years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Weijian Zhou  and
Maobai Chen
Weijian Zhou*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 10 Fenghui South Road, Hi-tech zone, Xi'an 710075, China Xi'an AMS Center of IEECAS and Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 99 Yanxiang Road, Xian 710052, China. Also: Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi'an 710049, China
Maobai Chen
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 10 Fenghui South Road, Hi-tech zone, Xi'an 710075, China Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jia-Luo Road 2019, Shanghai 201800, China
*
Corresponding author. Email: weijian@loess.llqg.ac.cn
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On the arrival of the 50th anniversary of Radiocarbon, we review important developments in radiocarbon dating in China during the past 50 years, especially concerning 3 aspects: sample standard and preparation, accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facilities, and 14C applications. Specifically, these events are marked by the establishment of the Chinese sucrose charcoal standard in China; the development of small-sample dating in the Xi'an Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); the progress of the AMS facilities in Beijing (China Institute of Atomic Energy and Beijing University); the innovation of the mini-cyclotron-based AMS at Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research, CAS; the exploration of the Xia-Shang-Zhou chronology project in China; the establishment of the Xi'an multi-element AMS at the Xi'an-AMS Center; and the breakthrough in tracing the geomagnetic intensities and precipitation from 10Be in Chinese loess at the Institute of Earth Environment, CAS.

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Applications, Developments, and Historical Perspectives
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Radiocarbon , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , 2009 , pp. 91 - 107
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Copyright © 2009 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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