Hey hey

[l3randonf]

New to the community and eager to ask a question about carbon dating.

[theblackalchemist]

Hi

welcome to hypography

shoot your question

TBA

[l3randonf]

Do higher concentrations of oxygen give misleading results when working with carbon dating?

 

A Creationist is arguing with me on this point.

[Tormod]

Why would they?

[l3randonf]

Here is his argument...

 

On each side of the hydrogen would be a 10-ft. to 20-ft. layer of frozen crystal clear ice.

 

Under this layer would be a hyperbaric atmosphere of about 35% oxygen. Bubbles in ancient amber have been found with this content of oxygen. That concentration of oxygen would oxidize all things unless held under a hyperbaric pressure. Dr. Baugh estimates that the pressure at sea level would have been about 32 lbs./ in2 instead of the 14 lbs. now present. This high level of oxygen and high pressure would explain the huge dinosaurs that existed. Scientists have been mystified as to how the biggest of the dinosaurs could have delivered oxygen throughout their body given the assumption of todays pressure and oxygen level. Hyperbaric systems have been used successfully in burn units where severely burned people have been healed much quicker than if left under normal conditions

[theblackalchemist]

You beat me to this post

Carbon dating is when we measure the amount of carbon left in a material To determine it's age since due to exposure carbon is lost

so if a log of wood is say just cut it's carbon content would be 100%

after 500 yrs the carbon content would say reduce to 50%

so on

TBA

 

this leads to a question

 

IF my facts are true then how would be able to measure the age of a material whose carbon contents have reduced to 0% ?

TBA

[l3randonf]

You beat me to this post

Carbon dating is when we measure the amount of carbon left in a material To determine it's age since due to exposure carbon is lost

so if a log of wood is say just cut it's carbon content would be 100%

after 500 yrs the carbon content would say reduce to 50%

so on

TBA

 

this leads to a question

 

IF my facts are true then how would be able to measure the age of a material whose carbon contents have reduced to 0% ?

TBA

 

his argument is that ancient oxygen levels and incresed atmospheric pressures give misleading numbers when people make claims that the earth is 4.3 billion years old.

 

I want to be able to argue that higher oxygen levels would not have given us false impressions.