radiocarbon dating

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Method of dating, based on the known half-life of carbon-14, by measuring the amount of low-level radioactivity of carbon remaining in ancient and dead material of organic origin and thus determining when a plant or animal had died.
radiocarbon dating
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024