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A Consideration of Some Basic Ideas for Quality Assurance in Radiocarbon Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Roy Switsur
Roy Switsur*
Affiliation:
Cambridge University, Godwin Laboratory, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RS, UK
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Abstract

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Most radiocarbon ages are readily accepted by researchers in all disciplines. It is recognized, however, that discrepancies appear in the literature. These problems have been highlighted by the International Collaborative Study. The introduction of quality control and assurance techniques used in some laboratories for many years could reduce or eliminate aberrant results. I present here some of the basic considerations of this approach in the processes of conventional radiocarbon dating.

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Session IV
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Radiocarbon , Volume 32 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Intercomparison of Radiocarbon Laboratories , 1990 , pp. 341 - 346
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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