MICADAS: Routine and High-Precision Radiocarbon Dating
2010/01/01 by Lukas Wacker, L Wacker, G Bonani +16 · 328 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Absolute dating #Accelerator mass spectrometry #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Geochronology #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Paleontology #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Radiocarbon dating
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0033822200045288
published in Radiocarbon 52(2), 252-262 (Cambridge University Press)
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Abstract
The prototype mini carbon dating system (MICADAS) at ETH Zurich has been in routine operation for almost 2 yr. Because of its simple and compact layout, setting up a radiocarbon measurement is fast and the system runs very reliably over days or even weeks without retuning. The stability of the instrument is responsible for the good performance in highest-precision measurements where results of single samples can be reproduced within less than 2‰. The measurements are described and the performance of MICADAS is demonstrated on measured data.
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