RE: Radiometric Dating Assumptions
2 months ago (2008-07-03 22:58:00)
by Method
... ORIGINAL: hellohellohi quote: For U/Pb
dating of
zircons this is not a problem. When a zircon forms ...Here is some additional information on isochron
dating: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/....html#isochron All radiometric
dating methods require, in order to produce accurate ages...over time. The wonderful property of isochron
methods is: if one of these requirements is violated...
RE: Would you use an online dating agency?? - Page 3 - SitePoint Forums
4 weeks ago (2008-08-10 09:09:00)
by Matt F
...locals down the pub. Australian online
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Re: Carbon dating question
3 weeks, 2 days ago (2008-08-15 03:07:00)
by Gadren
... is talking about. Basically, the reason why the
dating went odd was because the magma wasn't... (creationists, but not just them) think of all
radiometric dating methods as "carbon
dating... material). Creationists like to point out this limitation of carbon
dating, because the implication is that any ... suspect. But scientists don't use carbon
dating for these older objects. Besides, the potassium-...
Re: Carbon dating question
3 weeks, 2 days ago (2008-08-15 03:10:00)
by telcontar42
... the age of the remains of animals. Also, carbon
dating is only really accurate for things up to around...000 years old. You could not perform carbon
dating on volcanic
magma and you would never get a result on ... of years for anything that you tested with carbon
dating. You could, however, use potassium/argon
dating. ... am sure it has been tested thoroughly through comparison with other
dating methods.
Re: Carbon dating question
3 weeks ago (2008-08-17 06:18:00)
by grim heart
..., but by using Rb/Sr isochron
dating the effect of
metamorphism can actually be bypassed to ... have likely pointed out, using several
dating methods helps refine accuracy and build confidence ... of error. One useful tool in relative
dating is atomic signatures within different rocks. Over... Of course, one requires confidence in absolute
dating in the end, but given the models scientists have developed,...
Re: Carbon dating question
3 weeks, 2 days ago (2008-08-15 05:57:00)
by telcontar42
This thread may be of interest to you: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25390 It has further discussion about various dating methods including carbon and K/Ar.
Re: radiocarbon dating proves young Earth
2 months, 1 week ago (2008-06-28 04:00:00)
by aclarky
...article avoids the other radiometric
dating methods that are utilized for
dating older objects. C14 is...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_
dating In 2008, a typical uncertainty better than ±.../Radiometrically_dated The
uranium-lead radiometric
dating scheme is one of the oldest available, as ... two million years. Uranium-lead
dating is often performed on the mineral "zircon" (ZrSiO4),...
Re: radiocarbon dating proves young Earth
2 months, 1 week ago (2008-06-28 04:00:00)
by Spectrism
...by aclarky Secondly the article avoids the other
radiometric dating methods that are utilized for
dating older objects. C14 is used for only the more recent previously living things. Check out ... we do NOT have such a measuring stick for any of those
dating techniques. Further, it shows the fallacy of the C14 technique and the assumptions ...
Re: Do you trust carbon dating? n/m
2 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-06-22 16:02:00)
by Nullifidian
... comes to geophysical processes, yes we have. Mind you, we're not talking about carbon
dating now, but the actual
dating methods which yield these long dates of millions and billions of years. Alpha decay is the process by which a... rates. Annual Review
Nuclear Science 22: 165-202. Maybe carbon
dating and the other stuff is really totally accurate [shrug], I just think that...
RE: How accurate is Radiocarbon dating? - Yahoo! Answers
2 months ago (2008-07-07 20:34:00)
by shijiere...
As with any experimental method, radiocarbon
dating using C14 is based on a number of assumptions. Critics of this... and so the whole method is flawed. The validity of C14
dating is demostrated by how well it correlates with other
dating methods that rely on different, unrelated physical mechanisms (i.e. a different set of assumptions).
Dating by
counting tree rings is a good example. By ...
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