Re: Carbon-14 dating of crude oil

[Khalid Aleissa <kaleissa@kacst.edu.sa>]

Half life is not the only limit. Detection limit of the measurement instruments
(LSC or AMS) is the critical parameter here.

"Ron L. Kathren" wrote:

> Given that the half life of C-14 is only 5600 years, the upper limit for age
> dating is on the order of 100,000 years.  Anything older will simply not
> have enough residual C-14 to be practically detectable.
>
> Ron Kathren
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean.Steve@epamail.epa.gov <Dean.Steve@epamail.epa.gov>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:41 PM
> Subject: Carbon-14 dating of crude oil
>
> >
> >
> >
> >I have recently reviewed a report stating that a deposit of crude oil was
> at
> >least
> >26,000 years old based on its Carbon-14 dating analysis.  Does anyone know
> how
> >the
> >age of this deposit compares to the ages of other oil deposits based on
> their
> >C14 dating?
> >Any info on this topic would be appreciated.  Thank you.
> >
> >dean.steve@epa.gov
> >
> >
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