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Does this impact carbon dating in anyways? Since it's an unaccounted source of radioactive carbon. Thanks.
by itchyjunk 9y ago
Does this impact carbon dating in anyways? Since it's an unaccounted source of radioactive carbon. Thanks.
- kmm 9y agoVery unlikely, because the calibration used for carbon dating is acquired by comparing with artifacts of a known age, i.e. experimentally, and not from first principles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibration_of_radiocarbon_dates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibration_of_radiocarbon_dat...
- nonbel 9y agoHow does this help if multiple date ranges correspond to the same C14/C12 ratio?
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