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C. Collègue, Vous trouverez ci-après les résultats des mesures de concentration en 14 C des échantillons de sédiments de Laurence Audin

. Seul-un, HCl 0.5N pendant 1 heure à 80°C) est appliqué sur les sédiments pour ne pas perdre les échantillons dans la solution basique (%COT<1%)

L. 'échantillon-est-séché-dans-une-Étuve-À-vide, Des quantités différentes selon la nature de l'échantillon sont prélevées afin d'obtenir, après combustion, un volume de CO2 contenant environ 1 mg de C. L'échantillon est brûlé en présence d'environ 500 mg d

C. Le and . Est, La quantité de fer est égale à 3 fois la quantité de carbone. Le carbone se dépose sur la poudre de fer et l'ensemble est ensuite pressé dans une cible, Appendix Maximum magnitude estimations after Leonard, 2010.