Open AccessAntarctic Ice Cores Might Be Older Than Dirt
Author(s) -
Jessie Hendricks
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo139799
Subject(s) - dirt , geology , ice core , earth science , astrobiology , oceanography , geography , biology , cartography
Using cosmogenic nuclide dating, scientists determined a 10-meter core just below the surface to be over a million years old.