Carbon dating inacurate

18-Nov-2020 10:39

It is not correct to state or imply from this evidence that the radiocarbon dating technique is thus shown to be generally invalid.

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Of course, the table, so constructed, will only give the correct calibration if the tree-ring chronology which was used to construct it had placed each ring in the true calendar year in which it grew.

For example, a sample with a true radiocarbon age of 100,000 radiocarbon years will yield a measured radiocarbon age of about 20,000 radiocarbon years if the sample is contaminated with a weight of modern carbon of just 5% of the weight of the sample's carbon.