Sentences with phrase «fixed decay rate»

Moreover, within the past hundred years before 1950 CE, radiocarbon dates are not very precise chronometers, because changes in radiocarbon production rate have by coincidence roughly compensated for fixed decay rates.

Not exact matches

Anyone who has the unpleasant job of mowing the lawn knows the rate of sequestration anyhow (as Ferdinand says, this material will quickly decay and recycle) but the point is the assumption of a fixed sink rate for human CO2 is wrong and nature will escalate human associated sinks to meet rising CO2.
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