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Re: simple question

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From: Benjamin Weiner
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 23:08
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According to my Nuc. Phys. book, one must be careful to compare
C14 ratio to atmospheric C14 ratio of ~ 1940-50, as since then
atmospheric nuclear tests have put sufficient C14 into the air
to screw things up.

Kind of sad, don't you think?  Although possibly future
archaeologists will be able to deduce our weapons capabilities
from spikes in C14 (or thorium, or whatever) abundance ...

- Ben Weiner

If there ARE future archaeologists ...
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From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner)
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Subject: Re: simple question
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