A practical question about dating.

MccarrickAD@nswccd.navy.mil
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:54:50 -0500

I have been asked by someone who dabbles in collecting fossils to
investigate how to date a mammoth tusk and actually get it done. I believe
that tusks are a complex carbon compound and therefore suitable for carbon
dating. Could anyone offer me some specific advice (off line, I assume).

Al McCarrick
mccarrickad@nswccd.navy.mil