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Coragyps

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02-16-2004 9:30 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by miss smartie pants yes um
02-16-2004 8:46 PM

Yawn!
http://EvC Forum: Potassium Argon Dating doesnt work at all -->EvC Forum: Potassium Argon Dating doesnt work at all

What the heck does a melting ice cube have to do with it? The half-life of an ice cube depends more than a little on how warm the water it's in is. The decay rate of 14C or 238U doesn't care, as long as it's not halfway to the middle of a star. Try
Radiometric Dating
for a little scientific background.

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Coragyps

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02-16-2004 11:05 PM

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02-16-2004 9:30 PM

Really, Miss SP, for both this thread and the other one you started here in Dating - try Wiens' article, linked above. And go to Science | AAAS, register for free, and search up and read the article by Kitigawa cited in my old post, linked above also. We'll be happy to explain any terminology you aren't familiar with - I know a little of this stuff, and there are real geologists here!

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