Radiocarbon dating of soil archives

Authors
Publication date 2019
Host editors
  • J.M. van Mourik
  • J.J.M. van der Meer
Book title Reading the soil archives
Book subtitle Unraveling the geoecological code of palaeosols and sediment cores.
ISBN
  • 9780444641083
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9780444641090
Series Developments in Quaternary Science
Chapter 3
Pages (from-to) 81-114
Number of pages 34
Publisher Amsterdam: Elsevier
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract This chapter is dedicated to the radiocarbon dating of soil organic carbon, a technique that was introduced around 1950. Interpretation of 14C dates of soil samples is complicated and requires not only detailed knowledge of the dating process itself but also of the properties of the sampled profile and the extraction methods of soil organic carbon from soil samples.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64108-3.00003-3
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