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Tandem Accelerator Measurements of 10Be Deposition Rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

DE Nelson
Affiliation:
Archaeology and Chemistry Departments, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
R G Korteling
Affiliation:
Archaeology and Chemistry Departments, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
J R Southon*
Affiliation:
Archaeology and Chemistry Departments, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
J S Vogel*
Affiliation:
Archaeology and Chemistry Departments, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
I Nowikow*
Affiliation:
Archaeology and Chemistry Departments, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
T L Ku
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Masashi Kusakabe
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
J L Reyss*
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
*
Also: Department of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also: Department of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also: Department of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
∗∗Permanent address: Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Abstract

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A Tandem Van de Graaff accelerator has been modified for use in the direct measurement of natural abundances of 10Be and 14C. A description of the system is given and some 10Be results on oceanographic samples are discussed.

Type
VIII. Technical Aspects of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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