Amazon.com description: Product Description: A practical handbook that illustrates the entire scope of radiocarbon dating, from fundamentals to applications to the full range of problems Quaternary stratigraphers encounter when attempting to establish the reliability of dates. The first part of the book examines the theoretical aspects of measuring and interpreting radiocarbon numbers. The balance of papers look at the ways students and professionals in Quaternary science, earth science, and geology can apply radiocarbon measurements in solving a variety of stratigraphic problems.