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Dating Polar Ice by 14C Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Michael Andree,
Juerg Beer,
H P Loetscher,
Ernst Moor,
Hans Oeschger,
Georges Bonani,
H J Hofmann,
Elvezio Morenzoni,
Marzio Nessi and
Martin Suter
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Michael Andree
Affiliation:
Physics Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland
Juerg Beer
Affiliation:
Physics Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland
H P Loetscher
Affiliation:
Physics Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland
Ernst Moor
Affiliation:
Physics Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland
Hans Oeschger
Affiliation:
Physics Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland
Georges Bonani
Affiliation:
Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich
H J Hofmann
Affiliation:
Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich
Elvezio Morenzoni
Affiliation:
Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich
Marzio Nessi
Affiliation:
Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich
Martin Suter
Affiliation:
Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich
Willy Wölfli
Affiliation:
Institut für Mittelenergiephysik, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich
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Abstract

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Results of 14C/12C ratio measurements on CO2 extracted from air bubbles in polar ice are presented. The samples investigated originate from the Dye 3, South Greenland, deep ice core and span approximately the last 10,000 years. The results are calibrated with tree-ring records. The 14C ages are compared with information obtained from seasonal variations of ice-core parameters and rheologic model calculation.

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IV. Methods and Applications
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Radiocarbon , Volume 28 , Issue 2A , 1986, pp. 417 - 423
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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