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Comparing radiocarbon dating methods
Dr Christine Prior, of GNS Science, describes some of the differences between conventional and accelerator mass...
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Cretaceous creatures
Dr James Crampton takes you inside the National Paleontology Collection to see some of the dinosaur and marine...
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Dating rocks near Whanganui
Some of the relative and absolute methods of dating important rocks near Whanganui are outlined by Dr Alan Beu....
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Dating the Ōkārito core
Dr Marcus Vandergoes outlines the relative dating of a sediment core. He also explains why radiocarbon and...
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Fossils from Whanganui
Dr Alan Beu reveals some shell fossils in the National Paleontology Collection. He explains how fossils can...
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How old is that dinosaur?
The age of dinosaurs and other fossils at Mangahouanga Stream have been determined by relative dating and by...
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Joan Wiffen and her fossils
Dr James Crampton explains why dinosaur fossils like those found by Joan Wiffen are so rare in New Zealand and...
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New Zealand geological timescale
Dr James Crampton explains the importance of timescales to all geologists. The New Zealand geological timescale...
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Peat cores and climate change
Dr Marcus Vandergoes, of GNS Science, explains how peat bogs contain evidence for past climate and environmental change....
