Synchronizing Rock Clocks of Earth History
Synchronizing Rock Clocks of Earth History
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Kuiper, K.F , Deino, A , Hilgen, F.J , Krijgsman, W , Renne, P.R and Wijbrans, J.R
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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English
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Calibration of the geological time scale is achieved by independent radioisotopic and astronomical dating, but these techniques yield discrepancies of ~1.0% or more, limiting our ability to reconstruct Earth history. To overcome this fundamental setback, we compared astronomical and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of tephras in marine deposits in Morocco to calibra...
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Synchronizing Rock Clocks of Earth History
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69140017
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69140017
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.1154339
