Fossil-fuel use is confusing some carbon-dating measurements
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Dating The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program
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Estimating US fossil fuel CO2 emissions from measurements of 14C in atmospheric CO2
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SOLVED: Carbon-dating was developed by Prof. Willard Libby of the University of Chicago in 1949. The method uses the radioactive decay of the carbon-14 isotope to determine the age of carbon-containing materials.
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What is Carbon-14 (14C) Dating? Carbon Dating Definition
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Dating fossils and rocks
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What is Carbon Dating? University of Chicago News
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Fossil-fuel use is confusing some carbon-dating measurements
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Impact of fossil fuel emissions on atmospheric radiocarbon and various applications of radiocarbon over this century
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Carbon Footprint - Measures to curb Greenhouse Gases
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The Keeling Curve