Radiocarbon dating is the whole field of dating things by the amount of carbon isotopes as opposed to the environment these things are in.
I think you are referring specifically to bomb-pulse carbon dating. This bomb pulse carbon dating is more precise for recent “things”. Anything that formed after the bomb basically.
So even if we lose bomb-pulse carbon dating (which we will in approximately the next few years) we still have “classic” radiocarbon dating. It’s a loss of one specific process but not the general method.
Disclaimer: not a scientist in that field, please correct me as needed.
Radiocarbon dating is the whole field of dating things by the amount of carbon isotopes as opposed to the environment these things are in.
I think you are referring specifically to bomb-pulse carbon dating. This bomb pulse carbon dating is more precise for recent “things”. Anything that formed after the bomb basically.
So even if we lose bomb-pulse carbon dating (which we will in approximately the next few years) we still have “classic” radiocarbon dating. It’s a loss of one specific process but not the general method.
Disclaimer: not a scientist in that field, please correct me as needed.