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Author Topic:   Carbon 14 in fossils?
Coragyps
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Message 4 of 40 (101347)
04-20-2004 8:44 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by JonF
02-27-2004 12:29 PM


Re: part of article
I'm maybe about to get enmeshed in a discussion along these lines on another board. I can handle most of the questions, but I have one so far unanswered for myself: what are the likely precursors for 14C in ancient carbon? I can see some of the nirtogen in coal or petroleum being irradiated to 14C, as it is in the upper atmosphere, but how, say, in diamonds? Neutron capture by 13C? Or what?
Added in edit: There's usually more nitrogen than nirtogen in coal. Sorry.
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Coragyps
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Message 11 of 40 (101677)
04-21-2004 8:25 PM
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04-20-2004 10:28 PM


Re: part of article
Thanks for the link to that thread, JonF. There's some good background info there - neutron capture by 13C looks pretty unlikely, but doesn't appear to have any real documentation.

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Coragyps
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Message 26 of 40 (435511)
11-21-2007 10:31 AM
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11-21-2007 1:46 AM


Re: part of article
Welcome aboard, BeagleBob! That's very nice tracking to sniff out that little bit of deceptive AiG behavior....not that I'm astounded by them doing that, of course. Do you have a copy of the full paper? I'd be interested in reading it if so. And this needs publicity! Are you aware of Internet Infidels? This post would be most welcome there, too.
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Coragyps
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Message 39 of 40 (455979)
02-14-2008 8:28 PM
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02-14-2008 1:13 PM


Re: In fact, here's the math.
Hope this helps.
Something makes me doubt that it will.

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