Absence of Carbon-14 Activity in Dolomite from Florida Bay
- 1 June 1962
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 136 (3518), 782
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.136.3518.782.a
Abstract
A sample of dolomite crystals concentrated from Recent carbonate sediments in Florida Bay gave a carbon-14 age greater than 35,000 years. Since Recent sedimentation in Florida Bay began less than 4000 years ago, the dolomite must be derived from older rocks, and Taft's hypothesis that dolomite is forming today is incorrect.Keywords
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