Thanks To Fossil Fuels, Carbon Dating Is In Jeopardy One Scientist Might Have A Simple Fix Science
Libby reached out to Aristid von Grosse (1905–1985) of the Houdry Process Corporation who was in a place to present a methane pattern that had been enriched in carbon-14 and which could be detected by existing instruments. Using this sample and an odd Geiger counter, Libby and Anderson established the existence of naturally occurring carbon-14, […]