Local variations in C-14 - How is bomb-pulse dating of human tissues and cells affected?

Kristina Stenström; Göran Skog; Carl Magnus Nilsson; Ragnar Hellborg; Sigrid Leide Svegborn; Elisavet Georgiadou; Sören Mattsson

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.157

Local variations in C-14 - How is bomb-pulse dating of human tissues and cells affected?

Kristina Stenström, Göran Skog, Carl Magnus Nilsson, Ragnar Hellborg, Sigrid Leide Svegborn, Elisavet Georgiadou, Sören Mattsson

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Abstract

Atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the late 1950s and early 1960s almost doubled the amount of C-14 in the atmosphere. The resulting C-14 "bomb-pulse" has been shown to provide useful age information in e.g. forensic and environmental sciences, biology and the geosciences. The technique is also currently being used for retrospective cell dating in man, in order to provide insight into the rate of formation of new cells in the human body. Bomb-pulse dating relies on precise measurements of the declining C-14 concentration in atmospheric CO2 collected at clean-air sites. However, it is not always recognized that the calculations can be complicated in some cases by significant local variations in the specific activity of C-14 in carbon in the air and foodstuff. This paper presents investigations of local C-14 variations in the vicinities of nuclear installations and laboratories using C-14. Levels of C-14 in workers using this radioisotope are also discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	1299-1302
Volume	268
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.157
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	11th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry - Rome, Italy Duration: 2008 Sept 14 → 2008 Sept 19

Publication series

Name
Number	7-8
Volume	268
ISSN (Print)	0168-583X

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	2008/09/14 → 2008/09/19

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Radiology and Medical Imaging

Free keywords

C-14
Bomb-pulse dating

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Stenström, K., Skog, G., Nilsson, C. M., Hellborg, R., Leide Svegborn, S., Georgiadou, E., & Mattsson, S. (2010). Local variations in C-14 - How is bomb-pulse dating of human tissues and cells affected? In Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms (Vol. 268, pp. 1299-1302). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.157

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Stenström, K , Skog, G, Nilsson, CM, Hellborg, R, Leide Svegborn, S, Georgiadou, E & Mattsson, S 2010, Local variations in C-14 - How is bomb-pulse dating of human tissues and cells affected? in Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms. vol. 268, Elsevier, pp. 1299-1302, 11th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Rome, Italy, 2008/09/14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.157

Local variations in C-14 - How is bomb-pulse dating of human tissues and cells affected? / Stenström, Kristina ; Skog, Göran; Nilsson, Carl Magnus et al.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms. Vol. 268 Elsevier, 2010. p. 1299-1302.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review