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Definition of Radiocarbon dating
1. Noun. 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.
Definition of Radiocarbon dating
1. Noun. (physics archeology paleontology) A method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiocarbon Dating
Literary usage of Radiocarbon dating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geological Record Of Ecological Dynamics: Understanding The Biotic by National Academies Press (U.S.) (2005)
"Within the range of radiocarbon dating, calibrated amino acid dates can be reliable
and economical alternatives to radiocarbon dating for particular sites. ..."
2. Organic Matter and Rice by Stephen Banta, Corazon V. Mendoza, International Rice Research Institute (1984)
"Special communication on soil pretreatment by high concentrations of nitric acid
for radiocarbon dating. 11th International Radiocarbon Conference. ..."
3. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"radiocarbon dating of coastal peat. Barrow, Alaska. Science 153:299-300. 12. ...
radiocarbon dating of lacustrine strands in arctic Alaska. ..."
4. History: Chronology 1: Second Edition by Anatoly Fomenko (2007)
"The above examples demostrate that radiocarbon dating can make the ... The dating
of the Shroud of Turin The reports of the radiocarbon dating of one of the ..."
5. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"radiocarbon dating of two carbonised date stones {Phoenix dactylifera) from ...
Dalma Site DA11 - AMS radiocarbon dating' * The Dalma date stones were sent ..."
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