Message in a stainless steel bottle thrown into deep geological time
| dc.contributor.author | Lewandowski, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kusiak, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Michalczyk | |
| dc.contributor.author | Szmigiel, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sledziewska-Gojska, E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Barzycka, B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wawrzyniak, T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Luks, B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thordarson, T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wilde, Simon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hoskuldsson, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-01T05:24:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-01T05:24:31Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2018-02-01T04:49:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lewandowski, M. and Kusiak, M. and Michalczyk and Szmigiel, D. and Sledziewska-Gojska, E. and Barzycka, B. and Wawrzyniak, T. et al. 2017. Message in a stainless steel bottle thrown into deep geological time. Gondwana Research. 52: pp. 139-141. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62581 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.gr.2017.09.005 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
© 2017 The Authors In the 60th year after the placing of the corner stone under the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund (PPSH; Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway), a new capsule has been laid down in the vicinity of the PPSH. It is made of stainless steel, and includes five stainless steel containers, each carrying a message on different themes in our lives. The message is written in the language of objects, each of them speaking for itself. The capsule with containers has been buried in a 4.2 m deep hole, drilled for scientific purposes. The host rocks for the capsule are the Precambrian gneisses, representing the basement of the polar archipelago. We estimate that the capsule, now some 6 m a.s.l., will appear again on the surface after ca . 0.5 Ma, due to the combined effect of uplift and erosion. We also believe that it will be found, and the message understood, contrary to other messages sent by mankind into space. | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
| dc.title | Message in a stainless steel bottle thrown into deep geological time | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dcterms.source.volume | 52 | |
| dcterms.source.startPage | 139 | |
| dcterms.source.endPage | 141 | |
| dcterms.source.issn | 1342-937X | |
| dcterms.source.title | Gondwana Research | |
| curtin.department | Department of Applied Geology | |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access via publisher |
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