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Institute for Creation Research
Language
English
Pages
118

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Subjects
Geochronometry, Radiocarbon dating
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Table of Contents

Forward Page v
Introduction Page vii
1. Rebuttal to Critics' Misrepresentations of my Previous Work Page 1
2. Overview of this New Book Page 5
3. Bogus Arguments for the Overall Validity of Isotopic Dating Methods Page 7
A. Geologic Implications of Dating Results Page 7
B. On "Conspiracies" and Data Manipulation Page 13
C. "Stratigraphic Trends" in Isotopic Dates Page 18
D. "Dating Consensus" on Earth's 4.5 Ga Age Page 24
4. "Malfunctioning Watches:" False Claims about the Rarity of Discrepant Dates Page 27
A. Assessing the Frequency of Dates not Accepted as the Age of the Rock Page 27
B. "Rigorous Testing" of Geochronometric Systems: Past and Present Page 33
5. "Reliability Criteria:" Are Isotopic Systems Truly Self-Checking? Page 37
A. "Self-Checking:" Proved or Assumed? Page 37
B. Credible/Non-Credible Dates: A Real or Contrived Dichotomy? Page 42
C. Arguments Based on Consistency and Concordance of Dating Results Page 49
D. "Mutually Corroborated" Biostratigraphic, Magnetostratigraphic, and Geochronometric Systems Page 54
E. Do High "Closure Temperatures" Accredit Prolonged Closed Systems? Page 57
6. Isochron Methods (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf, Re-Os, Pb-Pb, and Some K-Ar) Page 61
A. Analytic Data and the Collinearity of Points on Isochron Plots Page 61
B. The "Inherent Geologic Reliability" of Isochron Dates Page 65
C. "Distinctions" Between "True" and Non-Chronometric Isochrons Page 70
7. The 40Ar/39AR Method and its Imagined Diagnostic Properties Page 73
8. Single-Grain U-Pb Dating of Zircons Page 81
9. How Often do Dating Methods Agree by Chance? An Exploratory Study Page 87
10. Future Research Page 93
11. Conclusion Page 95
References Page 97
Study Questions Page 109
Index Page 113

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-112) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
551.7/01
Library of Congress
QC798.D3 W66 1999

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viii, 118 p. :
Number of pages
118

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Open Library
OL57180M
ISBN 10
0932766579
LCCN
99073040
OCLC/WorldCat
42693278
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1366496

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