Accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating
12-Oct-2019 16:57
more We analyzed rare wooden Komainu found at Akagami Shrine in Akita prefecture, Japan.The formation of historical objects is often thoroughly recorded in documents, although the formation age of this particular Komainu sculpture is still unknown due to its antiquity.A new instrumental setup, combining laser ablation (LA) with accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), has been investigated for the online radiocarbon (14C) analysis of carbonate records.
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