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Carbon Clock Could Show the Wrong Time
URL: http://physicsweb.org/article/news/5/5/7/1
Submitted: Sat Sep 06 2003
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CT: Science: Archaeology: Topics: Geoarchaeology: Radiocarbon Dating: Carbon Clock Could Show the Wrong Time
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From PhysicsWeb, Carbon dating is a mainstay of geology and archaeology, but an enormous peak discovered in the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere between 45 thousand and 11 thousand years ago casts doubt on the biological carbon cycle that underpins the technique.