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Announcement of A New Collaborative Study for Intercalibration of 14C Dating Laboratories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

E M Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
M S Baxter
Affiliation:
SURRC, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland
T C Aitchison
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
D D Harkness
Affiliation:
NERC 14C Laboratory, SURRC, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland
G T Cook
Affiliation:
SURRC, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland
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Abstract

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A proposal for an international collaborative study to investigate and assess the existence of inter-laboratory variability is discussed. The proposed study would be conducted over two years and would investigate each stage of the dating process in turn.

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