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slevesque
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Message 48 of 77 (510327)
05-30-2009 2:58 AM
Reply to: Message 47 by dwise1
05-24-2009 11:31 AM


I used the 50 000 years old age simply because that was the number bluescat48 used as a hypothetical maximum date. I think with the new mass accelerator technology, we can push carbon-14 dating up to 250 000 years old.
But since it wasn't really the issue here, I simply used the same 'maximum date' as bluescat48. It doesn't change the essence of what I was trying to say: creationist would predict that carbon14 would be found. Evolutionists would not. If only negligeable traces of carbon14 (inside the uncertainty) would be found, it would cast doubt on the creationist interpretation.

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Message 49 of 77 (510328)
05-30-2009 2:59 AM


BTW, I thought about this this week, and I think Percy you could help me on this.
Isn't sandstone dated with index fossils ? If not, what dating method is used on this type of strata ?

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Message 54 of 77 (510411)
05-31-2009 2:19 AM
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05-30-2009 7:05 AM


doesn't AMS count carbon-14 atoms almost individually, hence getting much greater precision ? (and so older ?)
I'll have to find that book where I read this

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Message 55 of 77 (510412)
05-31-2009 2:20 AM
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05-30-2009 8:43 AM


Yeah well I understood this with Dr. Adequate's post.
But in this particular case, how was it dated ?

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