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Searching Through Time - Carbon-14 Dating
Carbon-14 Dating:

The blue bar in the timeline above represents a period of time in which somescientists believe the volcano known as Krakatoa could have erupted. Howwere scientists able to gather this sort of data? The answer lies in theatoms of organic matter. Click the next button below to learn more aboutcarbon-14 dating and what it can tell us about the past.

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