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FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES
Leibniz Laboratory for Radiometric Dating and Stable Isotope Research
Max-Eyth-Str. 11
D - 24118 Kiel		 Head
Prof. Dr. Pieter M. Grootes

Department
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Laboratory		 Contacts
Dr. Marie-Josée Nadeau
Phone 0431-880 7390/7400
Fax:0431-880 7401
e-mail: mnadeau@leibniz.uni-kiel.de
Internet: http://www.uni-kiel.de/leibniz/

Facilities/Services
  • Tracer studies of environmental processes using natural isotopic abundances
  • Dating of art and of archaeological and geological materials
  • Determination of the relative abundances of the rare radioactive isotopes C-14

Adv. Education/Training
  • Sampling strategies, techniques and applications of C-14
 
Technical Equipment
  • 3 MV HVEE Tandetron accelerator system for C-14 measurement
 
Practical Application
  • Archaeology
  • Archaeometallurgy
  • Biology
  • Climate- and vegetation history
  • Ecology
  • Environmental research
  • History of art and architecture
  • Hydrogeology
  • Oceanography
  • Pure and applied geology
  • Sedimentology
  • Soil science
Research Programmes
  • Technical and methodological development of the applications of the isotope C-14 as tracer
  • Carbon cycle
  • Hydrology
  • Isotope geochemistry
  • Limnology
  • Palaeoclimate
  • Palaeoceanography
  • Radiocarbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)
  • Sedimentology
 
Target Group
  • Scientific research
  • Art and antique dealers
  • Musea and Art Collections
  • Geological Survey
  • Planning and Consulting in Geology, Coastal Management, Environmental Planning
 
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