radiocarbon
radiocarbon
Definition
☆ radio·car·bon (-kär′bən)
noun
carbon-14
radiocarbon
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- high-precision: They claim that their ' high-precision radiocarbon dating is liberating us from chronological assumptions based on Biblical research ' ( Levy et al.
- late: Using the latest radiocarbon dating techniques, they have proved that the country's most famous monument is 5,000 years old.
Converse of object
- date: It will be radiocarbon dated in the near future.
- use: Using the latest radiocarbon dating techniques, they have proved that the country's most famous monument is 5,000 years old.
- include: Unstable isotopes decay to form a different element, and are fundamental to several radiometric dating techniques including radiocarbon, potassium-argon and uranium series.
Converse of subject
- date: These separate analyzes were all dated by the radiocarbon ( 14C ) method, supported by the Natural Environment Research Council.
Modifies a noun
- calibration: OxCal 3.10 - download the latest version of the radiocarbon calibration program from the University of Oxford Research Laboratory for Archeology.
- chronology: Figure 4. Calibrated radiocarbon chronology obtained from wood charcoal recovered in two different shafts.
- determination: In terms of the latter, three radiocarbon determinations have been obtained from the idol.
- date: Charcoal samples obtained from six of these sites produced radiocarbon dates ranging from the 5th century AD to the 12th century.
- laboratory: In many countries there are no radiocarbon laboratories; Turkey is the classic example.
- measurement: In general, the error terms attached to more recent radiocarbon age measurements are reliable.
Noun used with modifier
- sample: The user must subtract the reservoir deficiency R from the sample radiocarbon age in this case.
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