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Evaluation of Wood Pretreatments on Oak and Cedar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

S. T. Hoper ,
F. G. McCormac ,
A. G. Hogg ,
T. F. G. Higham  and
M. J. Head
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Abstract

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In a separate study, we conducted a series of high-precision radiocarbon measurements using wood from Britain and New Zealand to investigate interhemispheric offsets and possible temporal variations. To minimize variability associated with different species, the pretreatment of the oak (Quercus patraea) and cedar (Librocedrus bidwilli) was to α-cellulose for both. This study investigates the thoroughness of a range of pretreatment processes by the stable isotope analysis of the products.

Type
Part 1: Methods
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 40 , Issue 1: 16th International Radiocarbon Conference 16-20,1997 Groningen , 1997 , pp. 45 - 50
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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