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Treatment of Discrepancies in Radiocarbon Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

C H Vincent
C H Vincent*
Affiliation:
Building A70.2, Ministry of Defence, AWRE, Aldermaston Berkshire, England
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Abstract

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A method is given for modifying the estimated radiocarbon dates of two samples when they are known to be in the wrong order.

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Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , 1988 , pp. 157 - 160
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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