Status report of the Heidelberg Radiocarbon Laboratory: precision and application in Mauritanian cold-water corals over the last 30,000 years

Highly precise and reproducible radiocarbon (14C) measurements are regularly performed at the Heidelberg Institute for Environmental Physics, Heidelberg, Germany, in collaboration with the radiocarbon laboratory of the Curt-Engelhorn-Center Archaeometry in Mannheim, Germany. Here, we report an updat...

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Main Authors: Beisel, Elvira (Author) , Therre, S. (Author) , Wienberg, C. (Author) , Friedrich, R. (Author) , Frank, Norbert (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: June 2025
In: Radiocarbon
Year: 2025, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 450-460
ISSN:1945-5755
DOI:10.1017/RDC.2025.7
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2025.7
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Author Notes:E. Beisel, S. Therre, C. Wienberg, R. Friedrich and N. Frank

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