Radiocarbon dating: principles, practice, history and applications Radiocarbon dating Radiocarbon dating (C-14) determines the age of organic materials by measuring radioactive carbon-14. This article explains its physical basis, methods, calibration, limits, key us…
Uranium–lead dating (U–Pb): principles, methods, and applications Uranium-lead dating Uranium–lead dating uses decay of 238U and 235U to lead isotopes to determine geologic ages from ~1 million to >4.5 billion years with high precision; widely applied to zircon and…
