Instrument: Accelerator Mass Spectrometer

Acronym: AMS
External Identifier: skos:broadMatch: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB17/

Description

An AMS measures "long-lived radionuclides that occur naturally in our environment. AMS uses a particle accelerator in conjunction with ion sources, large magnets, and detectors to separate out interferences and count single atoms in the presence of 1x1015 (a thousand million million) stable atoms, measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of the products of sample molecule disassociation, atom ionization and ion acceleration." AMS permits ultra low-level measurement of compound concentrations and isotope ratios that traditional alpha-spectrometry cannot provide. More from Purdue University: http://www.physics.purdue.edu/primelab/introduction/ams.html


Dataset NamePI-Supplied DescriptionPI-Supplied Name
Radiocarbon and 13C of sediment from cores collected pre- and post-hurricane Harvey at the Aransas and Anahuac National Wildlife Refuges, Texas on January 2018Continuous flow accelerator mass spectrometer
Atlantic sediment radiocarbon from mult-corer samples collected in the Amazon Delta and Sierra Leone Rise during R/V Endeavor cruises EN-480 and EN-481 in 2010continuous-flow AMS system
Radiocarbon (C14) calendar ages measured on pelagic foraminifera species collected from sediment cores from the Cocos Ridge (Eastern Equatorial Pacific) acquired during cruise SR2113 between November - December 2021.Accelerator mass spectrometer was used to measure 14C/C
Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and isotopes from vertical profiles from multi- and gravity cores from two cruises, R/V Robert Gordon Sproul SP1215 and R/V New Horizon NH1319, in the Santa Barbara and Santa Monica Basins in 2012 and 2013
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and isotopes from vertical profiles from multi- and gravity cores from two cruises, R/V Robert Gordon Sproul SP1215 and R/V New Horizon NH1319 in the Santa Barbara and Santa Monica Basins in 2012 and 2013
Location, weathering, bulk isotope, and 14C data for fossil seals from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica from from 2013-2014NOSAMS used their organic combustion method to graphitize the samples, which were then pressed into target cartridge and loaded into the Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) for analysis. Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS)
Iodine 129 levels from R/V Ka`imikai-O-Kanaloa KOK1108 from June 2011 (Fukushima Radionuclide Levels project)Accelerator mass spectrometric analyses were made at the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Accelerator mass spectrometric analyses
Concentrations and radiocarbon signatures of SPE-DOC extracted from seawater samples on GO-SHIP cruises P16N, P18, and IO7N in the North Pacific, Eastern Pacific, and Western Indian OceansSPE-DOC delta14C values measured using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry in the Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Lab at the University of California, Irvine.
Radiocarbon DelC14 from the 2013 Eastern Pacific Zonal Transect cruise on R/V Thomas G. Thompson (TN303) (US GEOTRACES EPZT project)The CO2 was processed by iron-catalyzed hydrogen reduction to filamentous graphite. The graphite was packed into ~1 mg aluminum targets and analyzed by Cs-sputter accelerator mass spectrometry. Either or both of the following AMS systems were used for measurement: (1) A custom-built compact 500 KV National Electrostatics Corporation (NEC), Middleton, WI model 15SDH-1 accelerator with a 134 position NEC MC-SNICS source. (2) A 2.5 MV US-AMS tandetron accelerator with a modified bouncer-injector and 40 position NEC MC-SNICS source. Cs-sputter accelerator mass spectrometry
Radiocarbon DIC, DIC concentration, pH, and [CH4] in Hudson Canyon, northern US Atlantic Margin collected from R/V Endeavor cruise EN541 in July 2014W. M. Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
Radiocarbon dates on calcite and organic material (gorgonin) in bamboo coral skeletons Keratoisis (Bamboo Coral Boron Isotopes project)All radiocarbon dates were obtained at the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry facility (NOSAMS). Full methodology, equations, and discussion of instrumental precision are available from the NOSAMS website: http://www.whoi.edu/nosams/ AMS - National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry facility
Methane (CH4) isotopes from vertical profiles from multi- and gravity cores from cruises R/V Robert Gordon Sproul SP1215 and R/V New Horizon NH1319 in the Santa Barbara and Santa Monica Basins in 2012 and 2013
Total organic carbon content, total nitrogen content, and carbon isotope (13C and 14C) composition of atmospheric particulates from aerosol samples collected on the R/V Dong Fang Hong-3 in the western North Pacific from October to December 2019The Δ14C values of POC were measured by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS, NEC 0.5MV XCAMS). accelerator mass spectrometry
Other solutes from vertical profiles from multi- and gravity cores from two cruises, R/V Robert Gordon Sproul SP1215 and R/V New Horizon NH1319, in the Santa Barbara and Santa Monica Basins in 2012 and 2013
CO2 experiment physiology and carbonate chemistry from laboratory experiments with Pseudo-nitzschia australis conducted from 2021 to 2022SCIEX 4500 QTRAP mass spectrometer (AB Sciex, Framingham, MA, USA)
POC and isotopes from vertical profiles from multi- and gravity cores from two cruises from R/V Robert Gordon Sproul SP1215 and R/V New Horizon NH1319 in the Santa Barbara and Santa Monica Basins in 2012 and 2013
Radiocarbon [14C] ages of sedimentary organic matter and sedimentation rates for Guaymas Basin and Sonora Margin sediments collected from R/V El Puma, leaving Guaymas on October 14, 2014 and returning to Mazatlan on October 27, 2014Radiocarbon dating was performed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, using the 1 MV AMS system based around a NEC 3SDH-1 accelerator.
Radiocarbon dating of archived sediment cores in the Southeast Pacific from 1960 to 2000The WHOI NOSAMS Accelerator Mass Spectrometer is as described in https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nosams/about/laboratory-capabilities/ams-instruments/ WHOI NOSAMS Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
Carbon isotopes (13C and 14C) and concentrations of dissolved methane (CH4) in surface waters sampled in June 2019 at the Coal Oil Point seep field of the Santa Barbara Basin14C and 13C were measured by Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS), respectively, at the Keck-Carbon Cycle AMS facility at UC Irvine. Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
Radiocarbon in methane from waters of the US Atlantic and Pacific margins as collected on R/V Hugh Sharp cruise HRS1713 and R/V Rachel Carson cruise RC0026 in 2017 and 201914C was measured by Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) at the Keck-Carbon Cycle AMS facility at UC Irvine   UC-Irvine Keck-Carbon Cycle AMS
Radionuclides, moored sediment trap samples collected from the U.S. JGOFS EqPac Sediment Trap Array in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) projectAccelerator Mass Spectrometer
Ramped pyrolysis oxidation (RPO) carbon isotope data from DOC in water samples collected during R/V Western Flyer Benthic-Pelagic Coupling expedition to Station M in the eastern Pacific Ocean in April 2018All bulk and RPO-fraction isotope measurements were performed at NOSAMS. Radiocarbon measurements were completed via accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) following standard graphitization methods National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
Ramped pyrolysis oxidation (RPO) thermogram data of DOC from water samples collected during R/V Western Flyer Benthic-Pelagic Coupling expedition to Station M in the eastern Pacific Ocean in April 2018All bulk and RPO-fraction isotope measurements were performed at NOSAMS. Radiocarbon measurements were completed via accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) following standard graphitization methods. National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
Radionuclides from moored sediment trap samples from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises and JGOFS AESOPS Sediment Traps in the Southern Ocean in 1997 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)Accelerator Mass Spectrometer
14C dates from core PC1 collected from T Lake, Palau in September 2013Accelerator mass spectrometry 14C dating was performed by DirectAMS in Bothell, WA, United States. Accelerator mass spectrometry
[DEPRECATED] Recovery parameters, isotopic composition, and elemental composition of HMW and LMW DOM collected in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre on R/V Kilo Moana (KM1506, KM1515) during 2015Used to analyze 14C HVEC 10 MV Model FN Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator