Application of AMS 14 C Dating to Ice Core Research

I describe here the use of the accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) sublimation technique to 14 C-date polar ice cores. An unexpected result of this work has been to extend the understanding of how polar ice sheets entrap and record the past composition of the Earth's atmosphere. This work has l...

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Published in:Radiocarbon
Main Author: Wilson, A T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1995
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description I describe here the use of the accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) sublimation technique to 14 C-date polar ice cores. An unexpected result of this work has been to extend the understanding of how polar ice sheets entrap and record the past composition of the Earth's atmosphere. This work has led to the discovery of a new phenomenon in which CO 2 and other greenhouse gases can be entrapped in cold (never melted) polar ice sheets.
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0033822200031143 2025-11-02T15:10:06+00:00 Application of AMS 14 C Dating to Ice Core Research Wilson, A T. 1995 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200031143 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200031143 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Radiocarbon volume 37, issue 2, page 637-641 ISSN 0033-8222 1945-5755 journal-article 1995 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200031143 2025-10-09T16:28:45Z I describe here the use of the accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) sublimation technique to 14 C-date polar ice cores. An unexpected result of this work has been to extend the understanding of how polar ice sheets entrap and record the past composition of the Earth's atmosphere. This work has led to the discovery of a new phenomenon in which CO 2 and other greenhouse gases can be entrapped in cold (never melted) polar ice sheets. Article in Journal/Newspaper ice core Cambridge University Press Radiocarbon 37 2 637 641
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title_full Application of AMS 14 C Dating to Ice Core Research
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title_short Application of AMS 14 C Dating to Ice Core Research
title_sort application of ams 14 c dating to ice core research
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