title: Rapid revelation of radiocarbon records with laser ablation Accelerator Mass Spectrometry.
abstract: By focusing high-intensity laser pulses on carbonate samples carbon dioxide is generated and can be directly introduced into the gas ion source (GIS) of an Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS). This new technique allows rapid radiocarbon analyses at high spatial resolution. The design of the deignated laser ablation cell as well as first results on a stalagmite sample are presented.
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland; ETH Zurich Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics Schafmattstr. 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland. guenther@inorg.chem.ethz.ch.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Münsterer
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics Schafmattstr. 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wacker
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bodo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hattendorf
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics Schafmattstr. 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christl
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dietiker
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics Schafmattstr. 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Hans-Arno
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Synal
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Günther