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

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