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The Radioactive Decay Curve

Description
Carbon-14 dating
Half-life of only 5730 years
Used to date very recent events
Carbon-14 produced in upper atmosphere
Incorporated into carbon dioxide
Absorbed by living matter
Useful tool for anthropologists, archeologists, historians, and geologists who study very recent Earth history
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