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Siloam Tunnel dates

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09-22-2003 4:05 AM 		Reply to: Message 2 by Trump won
09-21-2003 5:16 PM

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By using radiocarbon testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of the Siloam Tunnel...
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As I understand the C14 dating of carbonate (CaCO3) materials, I would expect dates from stalactites to reflect the older rock material that was the source of the carbonate. This would seem to be a simular situation to why you can get too old dates from the shells of living clams etc.
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