A High-Throughput, Low-Cost Method for Analysis of Carbonate Samples for 14C
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9243965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Roberts (0000-0002-5214-2663) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3–4 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radiocarbon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16190 |
| OpenAlex | W4245358353 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) facility at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has developed an automated system for high-throughput, low-cost analysis of radiocarbon in carbonate samples (e.g. corals, carbonaceous sediments, speleothems, etc.). The method bypasses graphitization and pretreatment, and reduces costs to about 1/5th the price of a graphite-based 14C carbonate analysis, with a throughput of 60 unknowns per day and an analytical precision of better than 2%. Additionally, a simple mixing experiment indicated that extensive cleaning of carbonate samples to remove organic material is not necessary
Accelerator mass spectrometry · Carbonate · Graphite · Mineralogy · Radiocarbon dating · Throughput · Chemistry · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Geology · Paleontology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |