Sunday, June 10, 2012

Video on carbon dating

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  1. So I understand the value of carbon dating for space use, but how does this affect future discoveries.

    Also, since the same carbon is constantly reused, how does Carbon-14 produce any new 'age dating'?

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    1. Been a while since I checked, but it probably has to do with ratios of isotopes and their characteristic change over time in specific samples
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