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Meteorology
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When our sun first ignited, temperatures in the inner solar nebula were high enough to convert everything to a gas. Afterwards, once things began to cool down, the first solids to condense were what looked today like small, irregularly shaped white grains. Known as calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs), scientists have worked out the age using uranium-lead dating, a process similar to the radio carbon dating method. These studies indicate that the oldest CAIs so far measured formed 4.568 bill
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― The Meteorites: Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time
― The Meteorites: Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time
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The investigation described in the subsequent pages bears close relation to three sciences. It was approached by the author from the standpoint of astronomy and a desire to understand the variations of the sun. It was hoped that these variations could be more accurately studied by correlation with climatic phenomena. But the science of meteorology is still comparatively new and supplies us only with a few decades of records on which to base our conclusions. So botanical aid was sought in order t
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― Climatic cycles and tree-growth
― Climatic cycles and tree-growth
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