LAB PROTOCOLS
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1. Lab Basics (Swipe Test for Lab Contamination, AMS 14C Machine Setup)

2. Sample Pretreatment (Acid/Base/Acid, Cellulose, Soil Fractionation)

3. Sample Collection (Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, Air with Molecular Sieve, Soil Respiration)

4. Sample Combustion

5. Sample Graphitization (hydrogen, zinc)

6. Sample Target Pounding

7. Other Methods (Stable Isotopes with Elemental Analyzer)

2006 LECTURES
These lecture notes are downloadable as large Powerpoint files. Broadband only. These lectures have been altered for 2006; lecture notes will be distributed at the beginning of class.

Day 1. Radiocarbon Overview. Trumbore

Day 1. Radiocarbon History. Taylor

Day 2. Radiocarbon Ocean. Druffel

Day 3. Radiocarbon Atmosphere. Randerson

Day 4. Radiocarbon Terrestrial. Schuur

Day 5. Radiocarbon Paleo. Southon

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