Biblical Archaeology Review 38:1, January/February 2012

Strata: In History

February 27, 1940 American biochemists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover the radioactive isotope carbon-14, which today is used extensively as the basis of the radiocarbon dating method to date archaeological, geological and hydrogeological samples.

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