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Time History of a Human Kidney Stone Determined by Bomb-Pulse Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2016

Vladimir A Levchenko  and
A Alan Williams
Vladimir A Levchenko
Affiliation:
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Locked Bag 2001 Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232Australia.
A Alan Williams
Affiliation:
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Locked Bag 2001 Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232Australia.
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Abstract

An in vivo grown human kidney stone was dated using the atmospheric bomb pulse. The growth period was found to be 17.6 yr for a sample size of 6 mm across. The step dissolution method was used, as one of several possibilities, to produce depositional subsamples. A noticeable dead carbon presence is detected in the modern industrialized diet, and as a consequence in human metabolites. The importance for correction when applying bomb-pulse dating is noted.

Keywords

bomb-pulse datingkidney stones
Type
Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 437 - 441
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© 2016 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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