2014/01/01 by Kristina Hippe, Nathaniel A. Lifton, Nathaniel A Lifton · 4 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Health Professions · #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
paper · doi:10.2458/56.17917
In situ radiocarbon inorganic production and retention pathways are distinct from those of the more commonly used traditional organic/atmospheric 14 C. In addition, a growing number of laboratories are extracting in situ cosmogenic 14 C from quartz, using a variety of analytical techniques. As such, a flexible yet internally consistent set of procedures for data reduction that recognizes the unique nature of the in situ 14 C system is essential for reliable comparison of results among laboratories. This article thus presents a brief data reduction framework that can accommodate differences in both AMS and laboratory analytical techniques.