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Radiocarbon protocols and first intercomparison results from the Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Radiocarbon protocols and first intercomparison results from the Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Radiocarbon protocols and first intercomparison results from the Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

The Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility is a new radiocarbon laboratory at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Built around an Ionplus 200 kV MIni-CArbon DAting System (MICADAS) Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) installed in October 2019, the facility was established to address major challenges in the Earth, Environmental and Archaeological sciences. Here we report an overview of the Chronos facility, the pretreatment methods currently employed (bones, carbonates, peat, pollen, charcoal, and wood) and results of radiocarbon and stable isotope measurements undertaken on a wide range of sample types. Measurements on international standards, known-age and blank samples demonstrate the facility is capable of measuring 14C samples from the Anthropocene back to nearly 50,000 years ago. Future work will focus on improving our understanding of the Earth system and managing resources in a future warmer world.

archaeological science, climate-carbon cycle dynamics, earth science, earth system science, radiocarbon calibration
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et al.
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Sookdeo, Adam
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Palmer, Jonathan
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Turney, Chris S.M., Becerra-Valdivia, Lorena, Sookdeo, Adam and Thomas, Zoë A. , et al. (2021) Radiocarbon protocols and first intercomparison results from the Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Radiocarbon, 63 (3), 1003-1023. (doi:10.1017/RDC.2021.23).

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The Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility is a new radiocarbon laboratory at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Built around an Ionplus 200 kV MIni-CArbon DAting System (MICADAS) Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) installed in October 2019, the facility was established to address major challenges in the Earth, Environmental and Archaeological sciences. Here we report an overview of the Chronos facility, the pretreatment methods currently employed (bones, carbonates, peat, pollen, charcoal, and wood) and results of radiocarbon and stable isotope measurements undertaken on a wide range of sample types. Measurements on international standards, known-age and blank samples demonstrate the facility is capable of measuring 14C samples from the Anthropocene back to nearly 50,000 years ago. Future work will focus on improving our understanding of the Earth system and managing resources in a future warmer world.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 11 May 2021
Published date: 1 June 2021
Additional Information: Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge the support of the University of New South Wales through the 2025 Strategic Plan, in particular Professor Nick Fisk and Professor Grainne Moran. We would also like to thank our many friends and colleagues who have supported the development of the Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility at UNSW, including those who kindly provided samples and/or expert advice: Anne-Louise Muir and Steven Avery (Heritage Victoria); John Southon and Hector Martinez de la Torre (University of California, Irvine); Tim Cohen and Matt Forbes (University of Wollongong); Peter Ditchfield and Tom Higham (University of Oxford); Francisca Santana Sagredo (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile); Petra Vaiglova (Washington University in St. Louis); Gerde Helle (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam); Quan Hua (ANSTO), and, Jo l Bourquin, Simon Fahrni and the team at Ionplus (Zurich, Switzerland). ZT is supported by the Australian Research Council (DE200100907). We thank two anonymous reviewers who provided constructive comments that helped improve this manuscript Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge the support of the University of New South Wales through the 2025 Strategic Plan, in particular Professor Nick Fisk and Professor Grainne Moran. We would also like to thank our many friends and colleagues who have supported the development of the Chronos Carbon-Cycle Facility at UNSW, including those who kindly provided samples and/or expert advice: Anne-Louise Muir and Steven Avery (Heritage Victoria); John Southon and Hector Martinez de la Torre (University of California, Irvine); Tim Cohen and Matt Forbes (University of Wollongong); Peter Ditchfield and Tom Higham (University of Oxford); Francisca Santana Sagredo (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile); Petra Vaiglova (Washington University in St. Louis); Gerde Helle (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam); Quan Hua (ANSTO), and, Joël Bourquin, Simon Fahrni and the team at Ionplus (Zurich, Switzerland). ZT is supported by the Australian Research Council (DE200100907). We thank two anonymous reviewers who provided constructive comments that helped improve this manuscript 14 Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
Keywords: archaeological science, climate-carbon cycle dynamics, earth science, earth system science, radiocarbon calibration

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ISSN: 0033-8222
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Author: Chris S.M. Turney
Author: Lorena Becerra-Valdivia
Author: Adam Sookdeo
Author: Zoë A. Thomas ORCID iD
Author: Jonathan Palmer
Author: Heather A. Haines
Author: Haidee Cadd
Author: Lukas Wacker
Author: Andy Baker
Author: Geraldine Jacobsen
Author: Martin S. Andersen
Author: Karina Meredith
Author: Khorshed Chinu
Author: Silvia Bollhalder
Author: Christopher Marjo
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