[meteorite-list] Earths core
mark ford
markf at ssl.gb.com
Mon Aug 9 12:00:38 EDT 2004
Goran,
>> OK, just forget the last reply I made in this thread. I'm feeling old.....<<
It's all right, I am actually a Nuclear Engineer myself (I design Radiation detectors), and I didn't understand most of it either! :)
It would explain the origin of helium 3 that is found in deep geological samples..
"Nuclear fission, as shown in the present paper, provides a viable mechanism for the deep-Earth production of 3He, rather than the assumed origin from a yet non-degassed part of the Earth. The helium observed in such geological samples, the authors suggest, may be evidence of deep-Earth nuclear fission"
Interesting subject though, Show's how little we really know, about what's under our feet! And indeed above our heads..
Very Best,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Göran Axelsson [mailto:axelsson at acc.umu.se]
Sent: 09 August 2004 16:49
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Earths core
Very interesting article!
OK, just forget the last reply I made in this thread.
I'm feeling old.....
;-)
/Göran
mark ford wrote:
>Stan,
>
>Looking around, several studies have shown that a self sustaining
>fission reaction, is indeed possible in the core of a planet.
>
>See:
>
>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=58687
>
>
>Mark
>
>
>
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