Quote: How would the formation or in a sense reformation of rock determine the real age of the rock.
You do not use carbon dating on rocks. C14 requires organic material not minerals.
I think you need this.
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/wiens.html
Quote:This paper describes in relatively simple terms how a number of the dating techniques work, how accurately the half-lives of the radioactive elements and the rock dates themselves are known, and how dates are checked with one another. In the process the paper refutes a number of misconceptions prevalent among Christians today.