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Summary
Recent developments in mass spectrometry, using some of the apparatus and techniques of nuclear physics, have made possible the detection of the cosmic ray created ''C, U)Be and -«-'C1 nuclei at natural concentrations by atom counting. The small sample size, a few milligrams, promises to revolutionize' aC dating and to introduce new dating methods for the Pleistocene
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