Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to Just what the latest Proterozoic needs...

Dumb Journos

Estimates of the rocks' age were made using isotopic dating, a technique which can only be used to date rocks roughly 4.1 billion years old or older.


"Isotopic dating"?

there are at least 2 dozen different types of isotopic dating, some applicable to the past few thousand year (C14), some to the past few million or hundreds of millions, some to billions of years ago.

I wonder WHICH technique they are talking about, because THAT reporter certainly didn't have a clue...

here we are:-

Montreal Gazette beats the ABC

Neodymium 142...

Log in or register to post.

The whole thread (9 posts)