RM> That was my first thought as well, materials from earlier eruptions,
RM> but there was some wild inaccuracy there. It sort of sounds like
RM> the numbers were thrown off when the organic materials rather than
RM> just dying normally were subjected to the super high heat of the
RM> lava flow there.  There was talk about layers of charred bark from
RM> other eruptions too which added to the confusion.

JA>Interesting. So it might be hard for them to accurately date any of it...

I suppose things that 'died' in a normal way can be dated fairly
accurately but if they end up in Lava or spend hundreds of years
under water or something, it sounds like it could be a problem.
Lava and fire contact is likely by far the worst.

I think the most accurate results they've gotten were on plants
and animals that died in the far north and have been frozen and
buried under the ice for the last XX,000 years..

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