Published 1976 | Version v1
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Radiocarbon dating of quaternary sea shells

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The causes of the errors in the age of shells determined by radiocarbon dating are discussed. A method is suggested for dating shells of mollusks with the aid of C14. The optimum conditions for obtaining lithium carbide through interaction of carbon dioxide given off by carbonates and of metal lithium were experimentally established. Two methods are suggested for producing lithium carbide. The above dating techniquws have been tested on specimens of shells from terraces of the Black and the Caspian seas. Dating of some specimens of shells is conducted for two fractions to obtain reliable data

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Original title (Russian)
Датирование четверичных раковин радиоуглеродным методом

Publishing Information

Publisher
VSEGEI.
Imprint Place
Leningrad
Imprint Title
Problems of geochronology and isotope geology
Journal Volume
25O
Series
Trudy VSEGEI.
Journal Page Range
p. 114-118.

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Country of Publication
USSR
Country of Input or Organization
USSR
INIS RN
9407719
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
CARBON 14; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL PREPARATION; ERRORS; ISOTOPE DATING
Descriptors DEC
AGE ESTIMATION; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SYNTHESIS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Imprint:Voprosy geokhronologii i izotopnoj geologii.