Hi, Didn't know where else to put this, but as it's related to univeristy here goes... Any archaeologists or scientists in the house? I'm currently doing some research on radiocarbon dating and key issues with etc. I've done my main body of research, but as we all know, it's good to ask other people, as well as to read books and the internet etc, for research purposes. Therefore, anyone who has any knowledge or information they don't mind sharing would be very appreciated right now! You can contact me via this thread or PM. Many thanks
radiocarbon dating is awesome. and any bible thumpers who think it's not "accurate" have no clue what they're talking about. it's accurate within hundreds of years.... on scales of MILLIONS of years. totally awesome.
and any bible thumpers who think it's not "accurate" have no clue what they're talking about. it's accurate within hundreds of years.... on scales of MILLIONS of years. totally awesome. They'll usually say (correctly of course) that "radiocarbon dating isn't accurate for things that are millions of years old." But of course, radiometric dating using other elements is accurate (though I have my doubts about "to within hundreds of years" for something of, say, Ordovician Period age) and other dating methods are used as needed.
This is one of the better introductory articles on radiometric dating that I've seen on the web. http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/Wiens.html .
Carbon decay is good for about sixty thousand years or so. Other isotopes, such as uranium, have much longer half lives than carbon 14. Look up radiometric dating on Google or another search engine. Peace and love
