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Pre-Treatment – How to be sure we are dating the ring growth

Pre-Treatment – How to be sure we are dating the ring growth

by Michael Stratigos | 19 Feb, 2018 | Lab Diary

The principles of radiocarbon dating are relatively straightforward – there is 14C in the atmosphere which is absorbed by living things. When living things die the uptake of 14C ends, and the 14C, being radioactive, begins to decay. The 14C decays at a known...

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