An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker
There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million years ago?
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Anomaly in the deep sea: Accumulation of rare atoms could improve geological dating methods
The samples consisted of ferromanganese crusts, primarily composed of iron and manganese, which had formed slowly but steadily over millions of years. To date the samples, the team analyzed the 10 ...
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We Found an Unexpected Anomaly in the Pacific Ocean
Ferromanganese crusts – metallic underwater rocks – grow ... If ocean currents were responsible, beryllium-10 would be distributed unevenly on Earth with some samples even showing a lack of ...
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Radioactive anomaly appears in the deep ocean
Cosmic origins: Beryllium-10 is produced in the upper atmosphere and eventually incorporated into ferromanganese crusts in the deep ... to use its abundance to pin down the dates of geological samples ...
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Anomaly found in the Pacific Ocean could be global ‘time marker’
Ferromanganese crusts – metallic underwater ... beryllium-10 would be distributed unevenly on the earth with some samples even showing a lack of beryllium-10. New samples from all major oceans ...
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An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker
Ferromanganese crusts – metallic underwater ... beryllium-10 would be distributed unevenly on Earth with some samples even showing a lack of beryllium-10. New samples from all major oceans ...