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14-Carbon demonstrates that some illegal ivory is being taken from government stockpiles
The 14-carbon in animal tissues records the time that the tissues are formed; since the 1960s, using the “bomb curve” for (14)C, the age of animal death can be determined accurately. Using animal tissue samples of known collection and formation dates for calibration, we determine the age of ivory sa...
Autores principales: | Cerling, Thure E., Brown, John E., Hoareau, Yves, Kahumbu, Paula, Odhacha, Tobias, Southon, John R., Wasser, Samuel K. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9636901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36252102 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211550119 |
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