Methods · dependencies · Library of Congress + IntCal
If the Earth system was not the same, clocks that assume sameness cannot be treated as isolated stopwatches.
Figure 1. Color map of common dependencies (¹⁴C → calibration → calendar age; Earth system feeds the lot).
Two classical assumptions were known early as approximations and force calibration (production constancy; equilibrium with biosphere/ocean). See the Radiocarbon calibration literature (e.g. IntCal family: Reimer et al.).
| Clock | Depends on… | Breaks if… |
|---|---|---|
| ¹⁴C | atmospheric production, reservoirs, calibration archives | production/climate/ocean not as modeled |
| Tree-ring cal | dendro chronologies, overlap | floating sequences mis-joined |
| U-Th / coral | closed system, seawater ²³⁴U | open-system diagenesis |
| K-Ar / Ar-Ar | closed minerals, decay constants | argon loss/excess |
| DNA molecular clock | mutation rate calibration, demography | rate wrong · model wrong |
| Stratigraphy | order + correlative ages | circular use of the clock you are testing |
Bias stated: we are not asking you to deny measurement. We are asking you not to treat a joint inference as a vacuum fact. God-real bias · responsible method · no flat earth.
Genetics generations pro/con · Penny math · Theorem G
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