23 pp.
23 pp.
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| Title | History of Radiocarbon Dating | |
| Author(s) | Libby, W. F. | |
| Publication Date | August 15, 1967 | |
| Report Number | IAEA-SM--87/40 | |
| Unique Identifier | ACC0336 | |
| Other Numbers | OSTI ID: 20895301 | |
| Research Org | Department of Chemistry and Institute of Geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States) | |
| Sponsoring Org | International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); Joint Commission on Applied Radioactivity of the International Council of Scientific Unions, Paris (France) | |
| Other Information | In Conference Proceedings: Symposium on Radioactive Dating and Methods of Low-level Counting, Monaco (Monaco), 2-10 Mar 1967; Publisher: IAEA, Vienna (Austria) | |
| Subject | 58 Geosciences; Biosphere; Carbon 14; Carbon Dioxide; Combustion; Cosmic Radiation; Fallout Deposits; Fossil Fuels; Half-life; Isotope Dating; Low Level Counting; Seas | |
| Related Web Pages | Willard Libby, Radiocarbon, and Carbon Dating | |
| Abstract | The development is traced of radiocarbon dating from its birth in curiosity regarding the effects of cosmic radiation on Earth. Discussed in historical perspective are: the significance of the initial measurements in determining the course of developments; the advent of the low-level counting technique; attempts to avoid low-level counting by the use of isotopic enrichment; the gradual appearance of the environmental effect due to the combustion of fossil fuel (Suess effect); recognition of the atmosphere ocean barrier for carbon dioxide exchange; detailed understanding of the mixing mechanism from the study of fallout radiocarbon; determination of the new half-life; indexing and the assimilation problem for the massive accumulation of dates; and the proliferation of measurement techniques and the impact of archaeological insight on the validity of radiocarbon dates. (author) | |
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