Multiple Choice
Why is radiocarbon dating only rarely applied in geological work?
A) No substances on Earth contain significant amounts of carbon-14.
B) The half-life of carbon-14 is so long that it is effectively a stable isotope.
C) The half-life of carbon-14 is so short that it can only be used to date materials that are less than 70,000 years old.
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