14CHRONOS (Chronologies from High-ResolutiON Organic Separations): a centre for radiocarbon dating of specific compounds for the environmental and archaeological sciences [ 2005-01-01 - 2006-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Christian Turney (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Carles Pelejero (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Colin Murray-Wallace (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr David Fink (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Eva Calvo (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description 14CHRONOS (Chronologies from High-ResolutiON Organic Separations): a centre for radiocarbon dating of specific compounds for the environmental and archaeological sciences. Accurate timekeeping is central to the environmental and archaeological sciences. Radiocarbon dating is the leading geochronological technique for events of the past 50,000 years, but the issue for sample contamination remains a major source of concern. Avoidance of contaminants can be achieved through the identification of specific biomolecular compounds that unambiguously formed part of the original sample, and the isolation of these biomolecules for radiocarbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry. Here we request funds to establish Australia's first compound-specific radiocarbon dating facility, to obtain ages of high accuracy for key studies of climate and landscape change, evolutionary biology and archaeology.

Funding Amount $267,767

Funding Scheme Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

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