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Yale University Geology and Geophysics Radiocarbon Dates I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Y Nozaki  and
K K Turekian
Y Nozaki
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut 06520
K K Turekian
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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A radiocarbon dating system has been established at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University. Liquid-scintillation counting of benzene described by Noakes et al (1965) and Polach and Stipp (1967) is used. The operation of the original Yale Radiocarbon Laboratory, based on counting CO2 gas, was suspended in 1969. The present facility is operated as part of the geochemical laboratories of the Department of Geology and Geophysics. The operation is small, geared to solving geochemical problems, through the use of radiocarbon as a dating tool and as a natural tracer in combination with other geochemical parameters. The facility will collaborate on significant archaeologic and geologic problems. However, it will not be a facility to which samples are submitted routinely. We believe that commercial facilities and other laboratories dedicated to such kinds of operation are better suited to handling such diversity and volume of samples.

Type
Research Article
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , 1977 , pp. 138 - 141
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

References

Noakes, J E, Kim, S M, and Stipp, J J, 1965, Chemical and counting advances in liquid scintillation age dating: 6th internatl conf radiocarbon and tritium dating Proc, Pullman, Washington, June 7–11, 1965, p 68–92.Google Scholar
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