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, [email protected], 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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Early Holocene vegetation development at Mesolithic fen dwelling sites in Dagsmosse, south-central Sweden, and its implications for understanding environment–human dynamics at various scales
Blaesild, P., Hallgren, F. & Nielsen, A. B., 2024 Mar 14, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 641, 112106.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Relationships Between Land Use and Terrestrial Organic Matter Transfer to the Baltic Sea Over the Last 500 Years
Yang, B., Ljung, K., Ning, W., Filipsson, H. L. & Nielsen, A. B., 2024 Jan, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 129, 1, e2023JG007477.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
The Corded Ware Complex in Europe in Light of Current Archaeogenetic and Environmental Evidence
Haak, W., Furholt, M., Sikora, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Papac, L., Sjögren, K. G., Heyd, V., Mortensen, M. F., Nielsen, A. B., Müller, J., Feeser, I., Kroonen, G. & Kristiansen, K., 2023 Apr 29, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics. Kristiansen, K., Kroonen, G. & Willerslev, E. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 63-80Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Radioecology of 14C in the marine environment of Ringhals nuclear power plant
Eriksson Stenström, K. (Researcher), Mattsson, S. (Researcher), Pédehontaa-Hiaa, G. (Researcher), Bernhardsson, C. (Researcher), Nielsen, A. (Researcher), Rundgren, M. (Researcher), Muscheler, R. (Researcher), Olsson, M. (Researcher), Hansson, I. (Researcher) & Carlsson, P. (Researcher)
2022/08/08 → 2024/11/15
Project: Research
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LUARCH: LUARCH
Nilsson, B. (PI), Ahlström, T. (CoI) & Hansson, M. (Administrator)
2017/01/01 → …
Project: Network
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LUCCI: Lund University Centre for studies of Carbon Cycle and Climate Interactions
Molinari, C. (Researcher), Ström, L. (PI), Smith, B. (PI), Christensen, T. (PI), Filipsson, H. (PI), Muscheler, R. (PI), Olsson, S. (Project communication officer), Wallander, H. (PI), Vajda, V. (PI), Lindroth, A. (PI), Eriksson Stenström, K. (PI) & Birger, S. (PI)
2007/06/01 → 2018/06/30
Project: Research