Things that don't contain carbon (such as many types of rock) can't be carbon dated. Also anything which is too old (such as several hundred thousand years or more) can't be carbon dated because the...
Think about it for a minute. Carbon is part of ORGANIC molecules, from living things like plants and animals. When an organism dies the different isotopes of carbon gradually deteriorate; the...
Carbon dating is a useful geologic tool, but it does have its limitations. Dates derived from carbon dating aren't exact, and they always have a margin of error. For example, a particular object that...