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Further Analysis of the International Intercomparison Study (ICS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

E. M. Scott,
G. T. Cook,
D. D. Harkness,
B. F. Miller and
M. S. Baxter
E. M. Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW Scotland
G. T. Cook
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Laboratory, SURRC, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 OQU Scotland
D. D. Harkness
Affiliation:
NERC 14C Laboratory, SURRC, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 OQU Scotland
B. F. Miller
Affiliation:
NERC 14C Laboratory, SURRC, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 OQU Scotland
M. S. Baxter
Affiliation:
IAEA International Marine Laboratory, MC 98000 Monaco
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Abstract

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The major findings of the Intercomparison Study (ICS) have already been published (Scott, Long & Kra 1990), but a number of questions remain unresolved. We address here some issues of user and technical relevance, which include: 1) further investigation of the quoted errors and their relation to the perceived precision and accuracy, which is of interest to users of 14C dates; 2) the analysis of the known-age wood samples provided in Stages 2 and 3 of the ICS; 3) an investigation of the corresponding δ13C data base, of more technical relevance to laboratories.

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Type
I. Sample Preparation and Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 34 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the 14th International Radiocarbon Conference , 1992, pp. 520 - 527
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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