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Answer · Kensington Runestone

Without a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving.

Without a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving.

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Where it stands

Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Published weathering rates for greywacke and calcite in buried conditions vary too widely to separate 130 from 650 years.

What would rule it out

  • A calibrated rate study gives a narrow range.

Evidence 1 for · none against

The questions it answers

Most likelyWithout a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Without a calibrated rate for this rock and setting, the weathering cannot date the carving. [Answer ANS0CT1J0764NJK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CT1J0764NJK
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