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Birmingham University Radiocarbon DatesI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

F. W. Shotton ,
D. J. Blundell  and
R. E. G. Williams
F. W. Shotton
Affiliation:
The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
D. J. Blundell
Affiliation:
The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
R. E. G. Williams
Affiliation:
The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
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A radiocarbon laboratory has been set up to assist withthe Pleistocene research undertaken in the GeologyDepartment at Birmingham and has been designed forthe measurement of ages of geological material up toat least 50,000 yr old. Construction began in May,1965 and routine dating commenced in October, 1966.This is carried out using a CH4proportional counter.

Type
Research Article
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , 1967 , pp. 35 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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