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carbon-14 dating

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car·bon-14 dating  (kärbn-fôr-tn, -fr-)
n.
See radiocarbon dating.
carbon-14 dating
See radiocarbon dating.
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Noun1.carbon-14 dating - a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
carbon dating, radiocarbon dating
dating, geological dating - use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens


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Inside the Scrolls" provides a unique illustrated catalog of the contents of all 11 caves, including detailed analysis of every major scroll, and considers the methods of interpretation employed, including carbon-14 dating, paleography, and computer reconstruction.
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And carbon-14 dating, using dissolved inorganic carbon-14 in the water, is sometimes used to date water further into the past.
Every Drop Tells a Storey: A New Technique for Dating Water by Frazer, Lance / Environmental Health Perspectives
An appendix explains carbon-14 dating, and there's an index and a short bibliography of adult sources which would be accessible to some children.
Painters of the Caves by Bush, Margaret A. / The Horn Book Magazine
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