READINGS
These are some background readings in recent radiocarbon research related to the lecture topics and to some of the lab protocols

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AMS BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Fifield, L.K. 1999. Mass spectrometry and its applications. Rep. Prog. Phys. 62: 1223-1274.
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Tuniz, C. 2001. Accelerator mass spectrometry: ultra-sensitive analysis for global science. Radiation Physics and Chemistry 61: 317-322.
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RADIOCARBON HISTORY
Taylor, E.A. 2000. Fifty years of radiocarbon dating. American Scientist, 88:60-65.
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OCEANS
Druffel, E., J.E. Bauer, S. Griffin, and J. Hwang. 2003. Penetration of anthropogenic carbon into organic particles of the deep ocean.
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Druffel, E., S. Griffin, J. Hwang, T. Komada, S.R. Beaupre, K.C. Druffel-Roderigues, G.M. Santos, and J. Southon. 2004. Varibility of monthly radiocarbon during the 1760's in corals from the Galapagos Islands. Radiocarbon 46.
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ATMOSPHERE
Randerson, J.T., I. Enting, E.A.G. Schuur, K. Caldeira, and I.Y. Fung. 2002. Temporal and spatial variability of troposphere D14CO2: Post bomb contributions from fossil fuels, oceans, the stratosphere, and the terrestrial biosphere. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16(4):1112.
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Levin, I. and V. Hesshaimer. 2000. Radiocarbon - A unique tracer of global carbon cycle dynamics. Radiocarbon 42: 69-80.
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Hua, Q. and M. Barbetti. 2004. Review of tropospheric bomb 14C data for carbon cycling modeling and age calibration purposes. Radiocarbon 46: 1273-1298.
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PALEO
Hughen, K.A., J.T. Overpeck, S.J. Lehman, M. Kashgarian, J. Southon, L.C. Peterson, R. Alley, and D.M. Sigman. 1998. Deglacial changes in ocean circulation from an extended radiocarbon calibration. Nature 391: 65-68.
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Hughen, K.A., , S.J. Lehman, J. Southon, J.T. Overpeck, O. Marchal, C. Herring, and J. Turnbull. 2004. 14C activity and global carbon cycle changes over the past 50,000 years. Science 303: 202-207.
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Robinson, L.F., J.F. Adkins, L.D. Keigwin, J. Southon, D.P. Fernandez, S-L Wang, D.S. Scheirer. 2005. Radiocarbon variability in the Western North Atlantic druing the last deglaciation. Science 310: 1469--1473.
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TERRESTRIAL
Trumbore, S.E. 2000. The age of soil organic matter and soil respiration: Radiocarbon constraints on
belowground carbon dynamics. Ecological Applications 10: 399-411.
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Schuur, E.A.G., M.C. Mack, J.W. Harden, and S.E. Trumbore. 2002. The isotopic composition of carbon dioxide from a boreal forest fire: inferring carbon loss from measurements and modeling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17(1):1001.
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Dioumaeva, I, S. Trumbore, E.A.G. Schuur, M.L. Goulden, M. Litvak, A. Hirsch. 2003. Temperature dependence of decomposition of peat from upland boreal forest. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere 108(3):8222.
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