What is the process of carbon 14 dating?

The basis of radiocarbon dating is simple: all living things absorb carbon from the atmosphere and food sources around them, including a certain amount of natural, radioactive carbon-14. When the plant or animal dies, they stop absorbing, but the radioactive carbon that theyve accumulated continues to decay.

What is the 14c method?

The 14C method estimates the uptake and assimilation of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) by planktonic algae in the water column. The method is based on the assumption that biological uptake of 14C-labelled DIC is proportional to the biological uptake of the more commonly found 12C DIC.

What is the uses of carbon-14?

The isotope also is used as a tracer in following the course of particular carbon atoms through chemical or biological transformations. In carbon-14 dating, measurements of the amount of carbon-14 present in an archaeological specimen, such as a tree, are used to estimate the specimens age.