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Old 11-November-2002, 10:38 PM
David Hall David Hall is offline
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Here's the volcanic rock claim too.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-.../age.html#k-ar

Scroll up for a couple of more general statements on radiometric dating.

And yes, everything I've heard about C-14 is that it's only useful for non-living tissues, because living tissue continually collects C-14, and it only starts decaying once the biological processes have stopped. So that shellfish is right out.
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