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Mimi

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on: Jul 20, 2018
Fluctuations in the radiocarbon-dating calibration curve produced by variations in atmospheric carbon-14 are known as
 
  a. trapped charges.
  b. reservoir effects.
  c. Libby effects.
  d. DeVries effects.
  e. alphanumeric strings

Question 2

Which of the following does not apply to calibrating the radiocarbon date?
 
  a. It is necessary because radiocarbon dates are not the same as calendar years.
  b. It can be done easily with programs that are available online.
  c. It was done by using tree-ring chronologies from several places in the world.
  d. It is good for inorganic remains, but not for organic remains.
  e. The results comes with a detailed report from the radiocarbon lab.


nhea

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Reply #1 on: Jul 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d


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