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Radiocarbon Dating

Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric technique that determines the age of organic materials by measuring the radioactive decay of ¹⁴C (carbon-14), a rare isotope produced in the atmosphere by cosmic ray interactions. Developed by Willard Libby in 1949, radiocarbon dating became a foundational method in archaeology, paleoclimate studies, and geology, enabling dating of organic materials from the past ~50,000 years with typical precision of ±50–100 years.

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Radiocarbon Dating
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / geophysics
  • Libby, W. F. (1949). Radiocarbon dating. University of Chicago Press. · URL
  • Reimer, P. J., et al. (2020). The IntCal20 radiocarbon calibration curve. Radiocarbon, 62(4), 725-757. · URL
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