Nature's clocks [electronic resource] : how scientists measure the age of almost everything

Examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating - the best known of these methods - and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, this book unwraps the last century's advances

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macdougall, J. D. , 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press , c2008
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Description
Summary:Examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating - the best known of these methods - and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, this book unwraps the last century's advances
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 271 p.) : ill
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index
ISBN:0520249755 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520933443 (electronic bk.)
1435684737 (electronic bk.)
6611752625 (electronic bk.)
9780520249752 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520933446 (electronic bk.)
9781435684737 (electronic bk.)
9786611752620 (electronic bk.)