Weathering: Earth's Inexorable Millstone
Mere centuries from now, almost every physical object you've bought or wrought will have disappeared from the face of the Earth. Nature's forces will conspire to erase your archeological record. Unless you live in a stone manor, the foundations of your home will gradually crumble due to ca...
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:97910 2023-05-15T15:52:35+02:00 Weathering: Earth's Inexorable Millstone Eiler, John M. 2019-08-01 https://authors.library.caltech.edu/97910/ https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190815-083458971 unknown Mineralogical Society of America Eiler, John M. (2019) Weathering: Earth's Inexorable Millstone. Elements, 15 (4). p. 223. ISSN 1811-5209. doi:10.2138/gselements.15.4.223. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190815-083458971 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190815-083458971> Article PeerReviewed 2019 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.4.223 2021-11-18T18:51:59Z Mere centuries from now, almost every physical object you've bought or wrought will have disappeared from the face of the Earth. Nature's forces will conspire to erase your archeological record. Unless you live in a stone manor, the foundations of your home will gradually crumble due to carbonic acid seeping into hairline cracks. Soil will migrate and turn over, shifting and consuming whatever objets d'art now grace your yard. Oxidation and sunlight will yellow and crack exposed plastic and paper. And everywhere, always, a teeming horde of plant roots, invertebrates, moles, and their microbial friends and relations will disaggregate and eat whatever they can. In the blink of a geological eye, almost your entire archaeological record will very likely be buried, broken down, and swept away. Article in Journal/Newspaper Carbonic acid Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Elements 15 4 223 223 |
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Mere centuries from now, almost every physical object you've bought or wrought will have disappeared from the face of the Earth. Nature's forces will conspire to erase your archeological record. Unless you live in a stone manor, the foundations of your home will gradually crumble due to carbonic acid seeping into hairline cracks. Soil will migrate and turn over, shifting and consuming whatever objets d'art now grace your yard. Oxidation and sunlight will yellow and crack exposed plastic and paper. And everywhere, always, a teeming horde of plant roots, invertebrates, moles, and their microbial friends and relations will disaggregate and eat whatever they can. In the blink of a geological eye, almost your entire archaeological record will very likely be buried, broken down, and swept away. |
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