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Search for supernova-produced Fe60 in a marine sediment

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2008

Authors

Fitoussi, C.
Raisbeck, G.M.
Knie, K.
Korschinek, Gunther
Faestermann, T.
Goriely, S
Lunney, D.
Poutivtsev, M.
Rugel, G.
Waelbroeck, Claire

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American Physical Society

Abstract

An Fe60 peak in a deep-sea FeMn crust has been interpreted as due to the signature left by the ejecta of a supernova explosion close to the solar system 2.8±0.4Myr ago. In an attempt to confirm this interpretation with better time resolution and obtain a

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Keywords: Iron compounds; Sedimentation; Sedimentology; Solar system; Submarine geology; Marine sediments; Supernova explosions; Time resolutions; Sediments

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82316

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ANU Research Publications

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Physical Review Letters

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Journal article

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DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.121101

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2037-12-31

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