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14C MEASUREMENT OF SAMPLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS AT THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE FACILITY (NEIF) RADIOCARBON LABORATORY, SUERC, UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2024

P Ascough Open the ORCID record for P Ascough [Opens in a new window] ,
N Bompard ,
M H Garnett Open the ORCID record for M H Garnett [Opens in a new window] ,
P Gulliver ,
C Murray ,
J-A Newton  and
C Taylor
P Ascough*
Affiliation:
NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, UK
N Bompard
Affiliation:
NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, UK
M H Garnett
Affiliation:
NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, UK
P Gulliver
Affiliation:
NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, UK
C Murray
Affiliation:
NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, UK
J-A Newton
Affiliation:
NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, UK
C Taylor
Affiliation:
NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, UK
*
*Corresponding author. Email: philippa.ascough@glasgow.ac.uk
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Abstract

The National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF) Radiocarbon Laboratory at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) performs radiocarbon measurement of a wide range of sample matrices for applications in environmental research. Radiocarbon is applied to palaeoenvironmental, palaeoceanographic, and palaeoclimatic investigations, as well as work to understand the source, fate, turnover, and age of carbon in the modern carbon cycle. The NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory supports users in the development and deployment of novel sampling techniques and laboratory approaches. Here, we give an overview of methods and procedures used by the laboratory to support the field collection, laboratory processing, and measurement of samples. This includes in-house development of novel and/or specialized methods and approaches, such as field collection of CO2 and CH4, hydropyrolysis, and ramped oxidation. The sample types covered include organic remains (e.g., plant material, peat, wood, charcoal, proteins), carbonates (e.g., speleothems, foraminifera, mollusc shell, travertine), waters (dissolved organic and inorganic carbon), gases (CO2 and CH4), soils and sediments (including sub-fractions).

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chemical analysispretreatmentradiocarbon

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Radiocarbon , Volume 66 , Issue 5: 24th Radiocarbon and 10th 14C & Archaeology, Zurich, Sept. 11–16, 2022 Proceedings Part 1 of 2 , October 2024 , pp. 1020 - 1031
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Selected Papers from the 24th Radiocarbon and 10th Radiocarbon & Archaeology International Conferences, Zurich, Switzerland, 11–16 Sept. 2022.

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