carbon dating
- n a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
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- Utah study: ‘50s era nuke tests help catch elephant poachers today
A new test based on environmental changes unleashed by atomic bomb tests could help save some of the 30,000 elephants slaughtered every year for their tusks. Developed by University of Utah scientists, the test uses carbon dating to determine whether a particular piece of ivory is a legal antique or the product of modern poaching. With new accelerator mass spectrometry, the test can glean ...
July 6, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune - Researchers: Carbon dating can help catch poachers
Researchers at the universities of Michigan and Utah say they've developed a new way to catch poachers of endangered elephants, hippos and rhinos through carbon dating.
July 5, 2013 - FOX 28 South Bend