RADIOACTIVE DATING

(See also Archaeology; Dating [Scientific]; Evolution; Geology; Radiation; Time)

carbon 14: g72 4/8 5-20; ad 334; ev 98-100; g67 4/22 14-15; g61 3/22 31

fallibility: ce 96-97; g81 11/22 14-15; w76 267; g58 3/8 14-16; g58 4/22 22; g55 8/8 23-24; w53 396; w52 644; g52 2/22 15-16; g52 12/22 13-14; g46 6/5 7-8

fluorine method compared: g58 4/22 21-22

operation: g58 3/8 12-13; g52 2/22 13-14

discussion: g56 11/22 8-11

fallibility: ce 96-97; g81 11/22 13-15; g79 4/22 29-30; g72 4/8 5-20; g71 4/8 31; g71 5/8 31; is 27-29; ev 98-102; g67 4/22 15-16; g67 5/8 31; g67 10/8 26-27; ms 182-183; g63 4/22 18, 31

all of the dates determined by radioactive decay may be off by orders of magnitude (quote): w80 1/15 23

potassium-argon clock: g78 9/8 30; ev 101-102; g67 4/22 15-16; g62 10/22 9-11

used to tell the earth’s age: g52 2/8 16-18