scholarly journals Tallinn Radiocarbon Dates VI

Radiocarbon ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Punning ◽  
R Rajamäe ◽  
K Joers ◽  
H Putnik

The following list includes samples dated at the Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR in 1978. The measurement of natural 14C activity is performed by 1-channel and 2-channel scintillation devices (Punning & Rajamäe, 1977). Ages are calculated using the half-life of 5568 ± 30 years and 0.95 NBS oxalic acid modern standard with ad 1950 as reference year.

Radiocarbon ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
Arvi Liiva ◽  
Ilze Loze

This date list reports dates of archaeological samples of Mesolithic and Neolithic sites of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. We use liquid scintillation counting at the Geochemical and Statistical Laboratory of the Institute of Zoology and Botany, Estonian Academy of Sciences. Our modern standard is benzene enriched in 14C and its activity is checked with an NBS oxalic acid standard sample. Dates are given in conventional 14C years, based on the Libby half-life of 5570 ± 30 yr. AD 1950 is the reference year. Errors are based on one standard deviation calculated from count rates.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 86-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meyer Rubin ◽  
Sarah M. Berthold

Dates in this list have been determined at U. S. Geological Survey radiocarbon laboratory, Washington, since our 1960 date list (USGS V). Procedures for the preparation of acetylene gas used in the counting, and the method of counting, (two days in two separate counters) remain unchanged. However, the modern standard used is no longer wood grown in the 19th century, but 95% of the activity of NBS oxalic-acid radiocarbon standard, as recommended at the 1959 Groningen Radiocarbon Conference. Measurement of the oxalic-acid standard at our laboratory indicates 6.2 ± 1% more C14 activity than our modern wood standard; so use of the new standard should make no appreciable difference when comparing samples computed by the old method. W. F. Libby's (1955) half-life average for C14, 5568 ± 30 years, was used for the decay equation.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuin-Chi Hsu ◽  
Muh-Chen Chou ◽  
Yi-Chuan Hsu ◽  
Song-Yun Lin ◽  
Shih-Chong Lu

The C14 dates given below have been obtained by counting CO2 at 2 atm pressure in a 1 L proportional counter. Details of procedure are given in our previous list (R., 1970, v. 12, p. 187–192). Radiocarbon dates in this list are based on 95% of activity of NBS oxalic acid as the modern standard and were calculated using 5570 yr as the half-life of C14. Errors quoted with the dates are standard deviation originating from the statistical nature of radioactive disintegration process. Results obtained during 1970 and 1971 are described here.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1028-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Q Dresser

The dating equipment and operating procedures in the Physical laboratory remained as described previously (R, 1974, v 16, no. 1, p 6-9).Dates were calculated using the 5568-year half-life with 1950 as the reference year, the modern standard being 0.95 of the activity of the NBS oxalic acid standard. When done, δ13C was measured on CO2 produced in the combustion of samples, and results are given relative to the PDB standard. All samples were from Ireland.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
J J Stipp ◽  
K L Eldridge

The following list of dates are selected from geologic and archaeologic samples measured in late 1973. The laboratory procedures and techniques are the same as indicated in R, 1974, v 16, p 402–408, where sample is synthesized to benzene and counted for 24 hours in either a Beckman LS-100-C or Packard 2311 liquid scintillation spectrometer. Ages are calculated relative to 0.95 x NBS oxalic acid using a 14C half-life of 5568 years. The quoted error is 1σ, which includes only the counting uncertainties of the background, modern standard, and sample. Sample descriptions and comments were written in collaboration with collectors and submitters.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1200-1205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilio Gonzalez-Gomez ◽  
Purificacion Sanchez-Sanchez ◽  
Elena Villafranca-Sanchez

The following list includes some measurements made from December 1982 to May 1985 in the Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Granada, of samples from Spain, Portugal, and the Sudan. Sample preparation techniques and benzene synthesis remain as described previously (R, 1982, v 24, p 217–221) and equipment and measurement of samples was also reported previously (R, 1985, v 27, p 610–615). Radiocarbon ages are calculated using the 14C half-life of 5570 years and 0.95 activity of NBS oxalic acid is used as modern standard. Sample descriptions are based on information provided by submitters. Age determinations were made with the help of Research Project 0925/81, CAICYT, Spain.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Fergusson ◽  
W. F. Libby

The measurements reported in this list have been made since the Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory at the Institute of Geophysics, UCLA became operational in August 1961. CO2proportional counting was used for all measurements in an 7 · 5-L counter at 1 atm pressure. Dates have been calculated on the basis of the C14half life of 5568 ± 30 yr, and 95% of NBS oxalic acid as modern standard. It is planned to discuss the half life in the light of the newer measurements at a conference in 1962. Prior to general agreement as to the new best figure we propose that all dates continue to be calculated on the old basis. Samples have been carefully inspected, cleaned, picked free of rootlets, and pretreated with HCl when necessary.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Fergusson ◽  
W. F. Libby

The measurements reported in this list have been made in the Isotope Laboratory at the Institute of Geophysics, UCLA during 1962. Dates have been calculated on the C14 half life of 5568 years and using 95% NBS oxalic acid as modern standard, in agreement with the decision of the Fifth Radiocarbon Dating Conference (Godwin, 1962).


Radiocarbon ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evald Ilves

This list includes dates of geologic samples measured using a single-channel liquid scintillation 14C counter at the Geochemical and Statistical Laboratory, Tartu, Estonian SSR. Our modern standard is made of benzene enriched in 14C and its activity is checked with NBS oxalic acid standard sample. Dates are given in conventional radiocarbon years, based on the Libby half-life of 5570 ± 30 yr. AD 1950 is the reference year. Errors refer only to 1σ standard deviation calculated from count rates involved.


Radiocarbon ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 336-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Berger ◽  
G. J. Fergusson ◽  
W. F. Libby

The measurements reported in this list have been carried out in the Isotope Laboratory of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics during 1964. They are a continuation of the previously reported date lists UCLA I, II and III. The same counting procedure has been continued: CO2 proportional counting at 1 atm of pressure in a 7.5 L counter with three energy channels. Dates have been calculated according to the recommendations of the Fifth Radiocarbon Conference, Cambridge, 1962, on the basis of a radiocarbon half-life of 5568 yr (Godwin, 1962). The modern standard for organic samples has been based on 95% of the count rate of NBS oxalic acid for radiocarbon laboratories. Background measurements are determined with CO2 derived from marble. The ages of carbonate-containing substances such as shells and tufa have been calculated on the basis of estimates for the corresponding contemporary C14 activity (Broecker and Walton, 1959), as discussed in the respective sample descriptions. New methods of sample preparation are described in context with the date listings.


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