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Athol Rafter, 1913–1996

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Rodger Sparks
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Radiocarbon , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , 1996 , pp. v - vii
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References

Fergusson, G. J. and Rafter, T. A. 1953 New Zealand 14C age measurements, 1. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology B 35(1): 127–128.Google Scholar
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Rafter, T. A. and O'Brien, B. J. 1972 14C measurements in the atmosphere and in the South Pacific Ocean. A recalculation of the exchange rates between the atmosphere and the ocean. In Rafter, T. A. and Grant-Taylor, T., eds., Proceedings of the Eighth International Radiocarbon Dating Conference. Wellington, Royal Society of New Zealand: C17–C42.Google Scholar
Goh, K. M., Molloy, B. P. J. and Rafter, T. A. 1973 Radiocarbon dating of Late Pleistocene loess from Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: Evaluation of sample preparation methods. In Ninth Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research…: Abstracts. Wellington, Royal Society of New Zealand: 126–127.Google Scholar
Runge, E. C. A., Goh, K. M. and Rafter, T. A. 1973 Radiocarbon chronology and problems in its interpretation for Quaternary loess deposits, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Soil Society of America Proceedings 37(5): 742–746.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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