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fighterspirt
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08-02-2003 1:56 AM

The ratio of c14/c12 is constanly changing. Does anyone know where I could find a chart or such of this changing ratio?
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If not, where could I find an example of a radio carbon dated object which is accurately measured and shows the calculation process. Thank you!
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08-02-2003 3:21 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by fighterspirt
08-02-2003 1:56 AM

fighterspirit, "constantly changing" is a bit of an exaggeration. The variation, excluding 20th century sources of variation, result in divergence of radiocarbon dates and historical dates by around 10%. Some links on radiocarbon dating are radiocarbon WEB-info,
Radiometric Dating and
http://www.tim-thompson.com/radiometric.html
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08-02-2003 3:44 AM

Thank you for that.
  
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