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INTCAL09 Radiocarbon Calibration Curve
March 10, 2010 | Queen's University

Researchers at Queen’s University have refined a calibration curve used to date carbon-based materials. The curve, called INTCAL09, extends radiocarbon calibration and improves date determinations in the part of the curve that approaches 50,000 years.


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