The authors consider the possibility that neutron emissions by earthquakes could have induced the image formation on Shroud linen fibres, trough thermal neutron capture by Nitrogen nuclei, and provided a wrong radiocarbon dating due to an increment in C 614 content.
As controls, three samples whose ages had been determined independently were also dated.
Radiocarbon dating, a development in atomic physics, is a case in point.
The importance of this scientific method, however, is far reaching, influencing a multitude of various and independent disciplines such as hydrology, geology, atmospheric science and archaeology to name but a few.
The results provide conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of Turin is mediaeval.