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Radiocarbon Dating of Terrestrial Carbonates

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This manuscript benefited from constructive reviews from Gene Ellis, Dan Muhs, and Tim Jull. This project was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey Climate and Land Use Change Research and Development Program.

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Pigati, J.S. (2013). Radiocarbon Dating of Terrestrial Carbonates. In: Rink, W., Thompson, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_152-1

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