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mark24
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11-20-2002 2:59 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by m4hb
11-20-2002 2:42 PM


m4hb,
Carbon dating isn't used in dating fossils. Various other radiometric methods may be used, however. For carbon dating to be effective it must contain actual organic material. This decays/leaches out & is replaced by minerals which would render carbon dating inneffective.
Mark
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