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Preferred term

radiocarbon dating

Is replaced by

radiocarbon dating

Definition

[Henderson's] the use of the differential uptake of the rare radioactive isotope of carbon, 14C and the much more abundant isotope 12C, during carbon ﬁxation by plants to date the remains of organic material in archaeology. The radiocarbon method can be used to date material between 3000 and 40,000 years old.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

radiocarbon date
radiocarbon dated
radiocarbon dates
radiocarbon datings

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0881

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Created 10/12/16, last modified 3/21/22

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