The mythology of modern dating methods
By: by John Woodmorappe.
Publisher: Institute for Creation Research
Published: 1999
Place of publication: El Cajon, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Radiocarbon dating.; Geochronometry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-112) and index.
Table of contents: title: Forward
pagenum: v; title: Introduction
pagenum: vii; label: 1.
pagenum: 1
title: Rebuttal to Critics' Misrepresentations of my Previous Work; label: 2.
pagenum: 5
title: Overview of this New Book; label: 3.
pagenum: 7
title: Bogus Arguments for the Overall Validity of Isotopic Dating Methods; label: A.
pagenum: 7
title: Geologic Implications of Dating Results; label: B.
pagenum: 13
title: On "Conspiracies" and Data Manipulation; label: C.
pagenum: 18
title: "Stratigraphic Trends" in Isotopic Dates; label: D.
pagenum: 24
title: "Dating Consensus" on Earth's 4.5 Ga Age; label: 4.
pagenum: 27
title: "Malfunctioning Watches:" False Claims about the Rarity of Discrepant Dates; label: A.
pagenum: 27
title: Assessing the Frequency of Dates not Accepted as the Age of the Rock; label: B.
pagenum: 33
title: "Rigorous Testing" of Geochronometric Systems: Past and Present; label: 5.
pagenum: 37
title: "Reliability Criteria:" Are Isotopic Systems Truly Self-Checking?; label: A.
pagenum: 37
title: "Self-Checking:" Proved or Assumed?; label: B.
pagenum: 42
title: Credible/Non-Credible Dates: A Real or Contrived Dichotomy?; label: C.
pagenum: 49
title: Arguments Based on Consistency and Concordance of Dating Results; label: D.
pagenum: 54
title: "Mutually Corroborated" Biostratigraphic, Magnetostratigraphic, and Geochronometric Systems; label: E.
pagenum: 57
title: Do High "Closure Temperatures" Accredit Prolonged Closed Systems?; label: 6.
pagenum: 61
title: Isochron Methods (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf, Re-Os, Pb-Pb, and Some K-Ar); label: A.
pagenum: 61
title: Analytic Data and the Collinearity of Points on Isochron Plots; label: B.
pagenum: 65
title: The "Inherent Geologic Reliability" of Isochron Dates; label: C.
pagenum: 70
title: "Distinctions" Between "True" and Non-Chronometric Isochrons; label: 7.
pagenum: 73
title: The 40Ar/39AR Method and its Imagined Diagnostic Properties; label: 8.
pagenum: 81
title: Single-Grain U-Pb Dating of Zircons; label: 9.
pagenum: 87
title: How Often do Dating Methods Agree by Chance? An Exploratory Study; label: 10.
pagenum: 93
title: Future Research; label: 11.
pagenum: 95
title: Conclusion; title: References
pagenum: 97; title: Study Questions
pagenum: 109; title: Index
pagenum: 113