Development of an automated extraction and radiocarbon dating method for fossil pollen deposited in lake Motosu, Japan

Recently, radiocarbon (14C) dating methods using fossil pollen extracted from sediments with a flow cytometer (cell sorter) are under development. Technical limitations experienced by previous studies required extraction of grains <80 μm in diameter. Thus, obtaining a sufficient mass of carbon fo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kosuke Ota, Yusuke Yokoyama, Yosuke Miyairi, Stephen P. Obrochta, Shinya Yamamoto, A. Hubert-Ferrari, V.M.A. Heyvaert, Marc De Batist, Osamu Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-09-01
Series:Quaternary Science Advances
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033424000455