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To: DannyTN
"all carbon 14 should deplete by 90,000 years"

The half-life of Carbon 14 is 5,730 years. In 90,000 years it should deplete by to .0019 % of it's original amount. Why would that be the same as disappearing?
101 posted on 02/17/2005 9:10:46 PM PST by Moral Hazard (Sod off, Swampy)
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To: Moral Hazard

Carbon dating is only useful to a maximum of 50,000 years.

There are about 40 different methods of dating including K-Ar etc. These can date much older samples.

Synchronous dating is pretty foolproof and all doubts about old Earth should be discarded, if reason was involved in this issue.


104 posted on 02/17/2005 9:16:22 PM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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