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How Old Tree Rings And Ancient Wood Are Helping Rewrite History
Science Daily ^
| 10-27-2007
| Cornell University
Posted on 10/28/2007 11:05:05 AM PDT by blam
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The last I've read, the world-wide tree-ring record presently is 10,000 years long.
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:05:07 AM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:05:30 AM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
"...comparing growth patterns in tree trunks to date past events or climate changes."
Good thing they're not using the data purely as a treemometer, otherwise we'd have GLOBAL warming as opposed to (the sure evidence of) climate change.
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:13:37 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(We don't fix the problem, we fix the blame!)
To: blam
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:14:01 AM PDT
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: blam
likely occurring in the late 17th century B.C. It's nice to see someone using "B.C.", instead of the politically correct and Christophobic "B.C.E.".
Personally, I'm an atheist. But until someone starts using some number other than 2007 for this year, then it's "B.C" and "A.D.".
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:39:53 AM PDT
by
narby
To: narby
“Similar techniques used on wood buried beneath volcanic ash allowed Manning and others to date the Santorini volcanic eruption, one of the largest in the last 10,000 years, as most likely occurring in the late 17th century B.C., 100 years earlier than previously believed. “
Given that Santorini has been linked to the miracles in Exodus, wonder how this new time line fits in with Biblical scholars?
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:00:47 PM PDT
by
txzman
(Jer 23:29)
To: narby
I thought the same thing about the new dating terminology but the lack of change of the starting point and ending point of CE/BCE.
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:08:49 PM PDT
by
JLS
To: blam
I kinda assumed that they were doing this all along. It seems like an obvious tool to date known geological events and weather trends.
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:09:31 PM PDT
by
Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: Desron13
I kinda assumed that they were doing this all along. It seems like an obvious tool to date known geological events and weather trends. They have been. Libby, who invented the method, used some Egyptian tomb wood for his first tests.
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:15:56 PM PDT
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: blam
most likely occurring in the late 17th century B.C., 100 years earlier than previously believed. That puts it over 30 year later the the autumn 1628 BC date Charles Pellegrino claimed.
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:21:07 PM PDT
by
InABunkerUnderSF
("Gun Control" is not about the guns. "Illegal Immigration" is not about the immigration)
To: narby
Thank you. It grates on me. Not because I’m a Christian, but because it’s revisionist. And PC.
susie
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:29:57 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: narby
Personally, I'm an atheist. But until someone starts using some number other than 2007 for this year, then it's "B.C" and "A.D.". Off topic but my personal favorite are the newsies that refer to the weather phenomenon "El Nino" as "The Child" as it's too PC to call it for what it was named after - "The Christ Child".
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:30:37 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(No buy China!!)
To: blam
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:39:40 PM PDT
by
UnklGene
To: narby
It's nice to see someone using "B.C.", instead of the politically correct and Christophobic "B.C.E.".Amen. (So to speak.) I get SO ticked off when these scientists use that cumbersome "abbreviation". At first I thought it meant Before the Christian Era and wondered why the useless change. Then I read Before the Common Era and it became clear that this was just another anti-Christian gambit. I suspect some of these scientists have to use it because of peer pressure, but I'm glad to see some that buck the trend.
Like you, I am not into any religion but I go out of my way whenever afforded the opportunity to use AD or BC. The triviality of the anti-West/anti-Christian crowd is amazing.
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posted on
10/28/2007 12:40:35 PM PDT
by
Oatka
(A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
To: blam
Treebeard would be pleased.
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:38:50 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Oatka
I prefer “BG” — Before Gregorian.
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:44:20 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: narby
likely occurring in the late 17th century B.C.
It's nice to see someone using "B.C.", instead of the politically correct and Christophobic "B.C.E.".
Personally, I'm an atheist. But until someone starts using some number other than 2007 for this year, then it's "B.C" and "A.D.".
Ditto on both counts.
Next thing you know we'll start calling August by the older name Sextilis because Augustus Caesar was declared a God by the Roman Senate.
jas3
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:53:57 PM PDT
by
jas3
To: Coyoteman
I just completed reading
this book and they analysed an individual ring (Isotopes or some such) to prove a point.
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posted on
10/28/2007 2:09:43 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
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posted on
10/28/2007 2:26:11 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: blam
I’ve read a few threads where some folks go on and on about how this radio carbon dating is flawed.
Someone needs to ping few of those posters to get their reaction to this news.
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posted on
10/28/2007 2:47:04 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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