Radiocarbon dating (Libby 1949)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the geochemistry subtree

W Libby 1949 (Nobel 1960) C-14 half-life 5730 yr; AMS 1980s 100x sensitivity; calibration via dendro + IntCal20; resolution ~50 yr in last 50 ka.

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