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Did Earth lose its solar shield? Researchers find 10-million-year beryllium surge in sediments
metal-rich layers. The age of these crusts can be determined by radiometric dating using beryllium-10, which serves as a natural stopwatch due to its steady decay rate. The research team hopes the ...
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An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker
Our study of rock samples from the floor of the Pacific Ocean has found a strange increase in the radioactive isotope beryllium-10 during that time. This finding, now published in Nature ...