Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany
The radiocarbon analysis laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is equipped with an accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) MICADAS (MIni CArbon Dating System). The laboratory provides routine 14C analyses on bulk organic matter, plant fragments, diss...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:54265 2024-09-15T17:36:34+00:00 Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany Mollenhauer, Gesine Grotheer, Hendrik Gentz, Torben Bonk, Elizabeth Hefter, Jens H. 2021-04-03 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54265/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2021.03.016 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.af698461-5a27-42d4-96a7-d97f8d4545d0 unknown Mollenhauer, G. orcid:0000-0001-5138-564X , Grotheer, H. orcid:0000-0003-0207-3767 , Gentz, T. orcid:0000-0001-6739-5359 , Bonk, E. and Hefter, J. H. orcid:0000-0002-5823-1966 (2021) Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 496 , pp. 45-51 . doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2021.03.016 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2021.03.016> , hdl:10013/epic.af698461-5a27-42d4-96a7-d97f8d4545d0 EPIC3Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 496, pp. 45-51, ISSN: 0168583X Article isiRev 2021 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2021.03.016 2024-06-24T04:27:29Z The radiocarbon analysis laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is equipped with an accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) MICADAS (MIni CArbon Dating System). The laboratory provides routine 14C analyses on bulk organic matter, plant fragments, dissolved and particulate organic matter, individual molecular lipids, and carbonate (micro-) fossils with the aim to foster international research efforts in vulnerable high latitudes. The AWI MICADAS allows AMS 14C analysis on graphite targets as well as on CO2 samples via gas injection into the hybrid ion source. The laboratory thus provides reliable datasets even if only small amounts of sample material are available, a problem often encountered in polar research. Here we describe the standard operation procedures and sample preparation methods employed, and demonstrate the instrument performance and data quality based on repeat analysis of international reference materials. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alfred Wegener Institute Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 496 45 51 |
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The radiocarbon analysis laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is equipped with an accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) MICADAS (MIni CArbon Dating System). The laboratory provides routine 14C analyses on bulk organic matter, plant fragments, dissolved and particulate organic matter, individual molecular lipids, and carbonate (micro-) fossils with the aim to foster international research efforts in vulnerable high latitudes. The AWI MICADAS allows AMS 14C analysis on graphite targets as well as on CO2 samples via gas injection into the hybrid ion source. The laboratory thus provides reliable datasets even if only small amounts of sample material are available, a problem often encountered in polar research. Here we describe the standard operation procedures and sample preparation methods employed, and demonstrate the instrument performance and data quality based on repeat analysis of international reference materials. |
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Mollenhauer, Gesine Grotheer, Hendrik Gentz, Torben Bonk, Elizabeth Hefter, Jens H. Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany |
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Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany |
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Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany |
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Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany |
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Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany |
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Standard operation procedures and performance of the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany |
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standard operation procedures and performance of the micadas radiocarbon laboratory at alfred wegener institute (awi), germany |
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