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International journal of radio-isotope dating: Article indexes; sales of subscriptions and back issues.
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RADIOCARBON Home Page Radiocarbon is the main international journal of record for research articles and date lists relevant to 14C and other radioisotopes and techniques used in archaeological, geophysical, oceanographic, and related dating. It is published 3 times a year. We also publish...Extensive information concerning the radiocarbon dating method from Tom Higham, Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
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radiocarbon WEB-info Radiocarbon dating is the technique upon which chronologies of the late Pleistocene and Holocene have been built. This resource is designed to provide online information concerning the radiocarbon dating method. We hope it will be of occasional use to radiocarbon...The Cologne Radiocarbon Calibration and Paleoclimate Research Package is designed to support research on hominid behavioural response to pleistocene climate change.
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CalPal Radiocarbon Calibration Welcome to the world of glacial radiocarbon calibration. CalPal General Information Download Library Manual Help Climate CalData CalCurves 13 Reasons 14 Reasons 15 Reasons CalPal-Online Interactive Online Radiocarbon Calibration QuickCal Download New 14c calibration curve (CalPal_2005_SFCP) released! Universitt zu Kln...Introductory tutorial.
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Howstuffworks How Carbon-14 Dating Works You probably have seen or read news stories about fascinating ancient artifacts. At an archaeological dig, a piece of wooden tool is unearthed and the archaeologist finds it to be 5,000 years old. A child mummy is found high in...Compilation of radiocarbon measurements that indicate the ages of archaeological and vertebrate palaeontological sites in North America.
http://www.canadianarchaeology.com/radiocarbon/card/card.htm
From PhysicsWeb, Carbon dating is a mainstay of geology and archaeology, but an enormous peak discovered in the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere between 45 thousand and 11 thousand years ago casts doubt on the biological carbon cycle that underpins the technique.
http://physicsweb.org/article/news/5/5/7/1
Dates between 50.000 and 1 BP will be calibrated using the calibration curve CalPal2004_SFCP.
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CalPal Radiocarbon Calibration Online Enter a date above and click Calibrate Dates between 50.000 and 1 BP will be calibrated using the calibration curve CalPal2005_SFCP. The calibration algorithm will calculate the same results as CalPal-Beyond the Ghost. Due to programming details there will be...