Research output per year
Research output per year
Infrastructure Details
Description
The Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory in Lund performs dating on geological and archaeological samples. Examples of material that we date are wood, charcoal, peat, macrofossils, bone (including cremated bones) and marine shells. Furthermore, we also meassure radiocarbon for environmental monitoring, and to determine modern biomass content of different plasic materials.
The analyses are based on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS).Natural 14C can be used in numerous applications, of which radiocarbon dating, with the possibility for dating back to about 50000 years, is among the best-known and most practiced applications.
The analyses are based on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS).Natural 14C can be used in numerous applications, of which radiocarbon dating, with the possibility for dating back to about 50000 years, is among the best-known and most practiced applications.
Equipment and resources
SSAMS: ‘Single Stage Accelerator Mass Spectrometry’ for AMS-measurement of 14C. Supplier is National Electrostatic Corp. (NEC), Wisconsin, USA.
AGE-3: automated graphitization equipment for graphitization of organic and carbonate material, manufactured by ETH Zurich/Ionplus AG. This is coupled to an elemental analyzer (EA).
Currently, the staff of the Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory consists of six people (a professor, two senior lecturers, two research engineers and a technician), who also perform other duties at the Department of Geology.
AGE-3: automated graphitization equipment for graphitization of organic and carbonate material, manufactured by ETH Zurich/Ionplus AG. This is coupled to an elemental analyzer (EA).
Currently, the staff of the Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory consists of six people (a professor, two senior lecturers, two research engineers and a technician), who also perform other duties at the Department of Geology.
Services provided
14C dating, including pre-treatment of samples, graphitization, measurement, evaluation of results and report of uncalibrated and calibrated ages.
-Can be supplemented with δ13C meassurements.
For prizes, see website
-Can be supplemented with δ13C meassurements.
For prizes, see website
Management of the infrastructure
Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Anne_Birgitte.Nielsen@geol.lu.se, head of laboratory
UKÄ subject classification
- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
- Archaeology
- Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation
- Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
- Geology
Type of infrastructure
- Equipment
Free keywords
- Radiocarbon dating
- Chronology
- AMS
- Quaternary
- 14C
- Radiocarbon
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Environmental levels of radiocarbon in Lund, Sweden, prior to the start of the European Spallation Source
Eriksson Stenström, K., Skog, G., Bernhardsson, C., Mattsson, S., Nielsen, A. B., Rundgren, M., Muscheler, R., Linderson, H., Pédehontaa-Hiaa, G. & Rääf, C., 2022, In: Radiocarbon. 64, 1, p. 51-56 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Holocene wet shifts in NW European bogs: evidence for the roles of external forcing and internal feedback from a high-resolution study of peat properties, plant macrofossils and testate amoebae
Rundgren, M., Kokfelt, U., Schoning, K. & Wastegård, S., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Quaternary Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reconstructing the local landscape around a Mesolithic settlement site at Sammakko in Norrbotten, northern Sweden
Nielsen, A. B., Björck, S. & Möller, P., 2022 Jun 19, 11th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference Abstracts, Program and Proceedings. McLoughlin, S. (ed.). Stockholm: Swedish Museum of Natural History, O.107Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review
Open Access
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Radioecology of 14C in the marine environment of Ringhals nuclear power plant
Eriksson Stenström, K., Mattsson, S., Pédehontaa-Hiaa, G., Bernhardsson, C., Nielsen, A. B., Rundgren, M., Muscheler, R., Olsson, M., Hansson, I. & Carlsson, P.
2022/08/08 → 2024/11/15
Project: Research
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LUCCI: Lund University Centre for studies of Carbon Cycle and Climate Interactions
Molinari, C., Ström, L., Smith, B., Christensen, T., Filipsson, H., Muscheler, R., Olsson, S., Wallander, H., Vajda, V., Lindroth, A., Eriksson Stenström, K. & Birger, S.
2007/06/01 → 2018/06/30
Project: Research