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MYTHOLOGY OF MODERN DATING METHODS : WHY MILLION/BILLION -YEAR RESULTS ARE NOT CREDIBLE.
INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (p. (97)-112) AND INDEX.
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- ISBN: 0-932766-57-9
- Physical Description: 118
- Publisher: EL CAJON, CA : INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEACH, 1999.
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- VINE DELORIA COLLECTION
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- Subject:
- RADIOCARBON DATING
GEOCHRONOMETRY
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | END # 108 | 277545 | Deloria Collection | Available | - |
| Forward | v | |
| Introduction | vii | |
| 1.. | Rebuttal to Critics' Misrepresentations of my Previous Work | 1 |
| 2.. | Overview of this New Book | 5 |
| 3.. | Bogus Arguments for the Overall Validity of Isotopic Dating Methods | 7 |
| A.. | Geologic Implications of Dating Results | 7 |
| B.. | On "Conspiracies" and Data Manipulation | 13 |
| C.. | "Stratigraphic Trends" in Isotopic Dates | 18 |
| D.. | "Dating Consensus" on Earth's 4.5 Ga Age | 24 |
| 4.. | "Malfunctioning Watches:" False Claims about the Rarity of Discrepant Dates | 27 |
| A.. | Assessing the Frequency of Dates not Accepted as the Age of the Rock | 27 |
| B.. | "Rigorous Testing" of Geochronometric Systems: Past and Present | 33 |
| 5.. | "Reliability Criteria:" Are Isotopic Systems Truly Self-Checking? | 37 |
| A.. | "Self-Checking:" Proved or Assumed? | 37 |
| B.. | Credible/Non-Credible Dates: A Real or Contrived Dichotomy? | 42 |
| C.. | Arguments Based on Consistency and Concordance of Dating Results | 49 |
| D.. | "Mutually Corroborated" Biostratigraphic, Magnetostratigraphic, and Geochronometric Systems | 54 |
| E.. | Do High "Closure Temperatures" Accredit Prolonged Closed Systems? | 57 |
| 6.. | Isochron Methods (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf, Re-Os, Pb-Pb, and Some K-Ar) | 61 |
| A.. | Analytic Data and the Collinearity of Points on Isochron Plots | 61 |
| B.. | The "Inherent Geologic Reliability" of Isochron Dates | 65 |
| C.. | "Distinctions" Between "True" and Non-Chronometric Isochrons | 70 |
| 7.. | The 40Ar/39AR Method and its Imagined Diagnostic Properties | 73 |
| 8.. | Single-Grain U-Pb Dating of Zircons | 81 |
| 9.. | How Often do Dating Methods Agree by Chance? An Exploratory Study | 87 |
| 10.. | Future Research | 93 |
| 11.. | Conclusion | 95 |
| References | 97 | |
| Study Questions | 109 | |
| Index | 113 |