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Applicability of ‘New Technology’ Scintillation Counters (Packard 2000 CA/LL and 2260 XL) for 14C Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

G T Cook ,
A G Hold ,
Philip Naysmith  and
Robert Anderson
G T Cook
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride G75 0QU, Scotland
A G Hold
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride G75 0QU, Scotland
Philip Naysmith
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride G75 0QU, Scotland
Robert Anderson
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, East Kilbride G75 0QU, Scotland
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Abstract

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The results of this study indicate that scintillation counters employing burst-counting circuitry are capable of producing accurate age measurements. Replicate analyses confirm the validity of the minimum error of 50-60 years quoted on routine age measurements carried out at this laboratory.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , 1990 , pp. 233 - 234
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