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How, exactly, is dating done?

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Will_Drotar
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11-17-2003 2:29 PM

I don't need to know how half-lifes work and all that jazz.
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I'm just curious- do you measure the amount of alpha/beta radiation, do you use a proportion of the father/daughter isotope present in a sample (if so, how do we know how much of the father/daughter isotope was present in it to begin with), what machine do you use, etc. Thanks. TTYL Jesus loves you!
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Will_Drotar
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11-17-2003 3:17 PM 		Reply to: Message 2 by Rei
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I always thought multiple methods was the isochron. Is there a difference?
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Does the HCl acid mess with the parent-daughter isotope ratio? Might that be kind of risky?
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How do we know how much of the parent isotope/daughter isotope was present to start with? YEC's are telling me that we estimate. Please don't tell me they're right.
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Will_Drotar
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11-19-2003 3:21 PM

I read Henry Morris's rebuttal to isochrons in one of his books. It was like one paragraph long and it said that he didn't want to get into all the technicalities. Which means he didn't have anything better to say.
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But he did mention, very briefly, pseudo-isochrons. Can someone explain to the ignorant-minded, namely me, what those are and how those are drawn? Thanks a bunch- TTYL Jesus loves you!
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Will_Drotar
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11-24-2003 1:36 PM

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