Ocean Floor Anomaly Could Provide a New Way to Mark Time

Learn how time scales for objects thousands versus millions of years old could be better synchronized.

By Paul Smaglik
Feb 10, 2025 10:20 PMFeb 10, 2025 10:19 PM
Schematic depiction of production and incorporation of cosmogenic 10Be into ferromanganese crusts
Schematic depiction of production and incorporation of cosmogenic 10Be into ferromanganese crusts. (Credit: HZDR / blrck.de)

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Dating can be full of surprises. In the social kind, one can learn about all sorts of unexpected things about a potential partner. In the scientific type, sometimes strange, unexplained phenomena comes to light.

The latter was the case for a group of scientists, who found twice as much Beryllium-10 in the Pacific seabed then expected. This anomaly could shift our understanding of cosmic phenomenon that affect the Earth and also help recalibrate scientific dating techniques, they report in Nature Communications.

Mystery in the Pacific Ocean

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