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There are 90 different samples listed in Table 1 of the paper. There are 22 different studies cited with various materials tested for C-14 concentrations, including but not limited to:

marble
shell
graphite
calcite
shells
bone
coal
foraminifera
fossilized wood
natural gas
etc.



Where does the C-14 come from, especially in the organic materials (i.e. fossil fuels) if they are eons old?

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Where does the C-14 come from, especially in the organic materials (i.e. fossil fuels) if they are eons old?

Atmosphere (CO₂), groundwater (carbonic acid), subterranean sources. And we're talking very small, noise-level amounts here.

Let's list all the things this paper is doing wrong when it claims that its measurements are evidence for a young earth:

1. It focusses entirely upon a single measure, carbon-14, because all the other radiometric dating techniques give answers incompatible with its premise.
2. It ignores that even carbon-14 is giving answers incompatible with (too old for) its premise.
3. It ignores more mundane explanations for non-zero carbon-14 in old rocks.