Time and place

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Time and place

podrock — 12/13/2021 5:07:31 PM (archived)

I often muse about this topic. Depends on the reactor and where it is located. Does it get destroyed by erosion, taking all that material downstream. Or does it get buried?

This is one of the arguments about how to define the start of the Anthropocene. The presence of radioactive nucleotides is a good candidate, in my opinion.

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Yo, Pod--Re Catastrophism Nostalgia - ER - 12/12/2021 7:01:57 PM
- Excellent question. - podrock - 12/12/2021 7:51:50 PM
  - Musings - podrock - 12/13/2021 12:37:31 AM
    - Sedimentary, my dear Watson. - ER - 12/13/2021 4:48:42 AM
      - Humanite - podrock - 12/13/2021 5:08:22 AM
        
        Perhaps I greatly underestimate the power of time's eraser - RL - 12/13/2021 4:29:38 PM
        
        depositional verses erosional - podrock - 12/13/2021 4:50:12 PM
        
        Right- and I remember exactly when that was discussed in the geology camp... - RL - 12/13/2021 4:53:25 PM
        
        Additionally... we identified a nuclear reactor that formed naturally 2 billion years ago - RL - 12/13/2021 4:59:29 PM
        
        Time and place - podrock - 12/13/2021 5:07:31 PM
        
        As a minor sub-plot point, in the Arthur C. Clarke book "Light of other days" - RL - 12/14/2021 2:06:16 AM
        
        However, there are other opinions - podrock - 12/14/2021 2:46:14 AM
        
        Yes. - podrock - 12/14/2021 2:38:47 AM
        
        What do you think would happen with objects like ceramics? - RL - 12/15/2021 4:47:17 PM
        
        I'm still thinking about that - podrock - 12/16/2021 3:54:47 AM
        
        Dinosaurs, as far as we know, didn't have mass production... - RL - 12/17/2021 6:36:05 PM
        
        100 ma? - podrock - 12/17/2021 10:55:26 PM
        
        Civilization does not necessarily mean technology. - ER - 12/14/2021 5:31:28 AM
        
        Excellent point - podrock - 12/14/2021 7:23:14 PM

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