THE PROGRESS OF ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CHINA

The facilities and technologies developed for AMS at Peking University, China Institute of Atomic Energy and Xi’an AMS Centre are presented. Interesting results about Chronology frame of Xia-Shang-Zhou dynasties based on radiocarbon dating with PKU-AMS on serial samples from various sites like Tianma-Qucun, Xinzha sites etc and oracle bones from Yinxu site, are given as examples of the AMS application in the field of Archaeology. Applications in the fields of earth sciences, biomedical sciences are introduced as well.