Plotted are the period and phase (of expected peak coldness) of two extraterrestrial signals (astronomical determinations of the spiral arm pattern speed and cosmic ray flux reconstruction
using Iron meteorites) and two paleoclimate reconstruction (based on sedimentation and geochemical records).
Not exact matches
Scientists have identified each crater by
using several different kinds of clues, such as pieces of
iron - rich
meteorite or satellite imaging.
Geologist Matthew Pasek of the University of Arizona in Tucson, who previously studied the possibility that early life
used phosphorus from
iron meteorites, knew that cloud - to - ground lightning was one of the few natural phenomena that could produce enough energy to create phosphite.
Using innovative isotopic analysis techniques and mathematical modeling, he has shown that Mars is a planetary embryo, found isotopic similarities between the Moon, Earth and
meteorites, and proposed a new narrative for the origin of Earth's unique
iron composition.
Bronze Age artifacts revealed nickel levels and ratio of
iron to cobalt that suggest these were made
using metals from
meteorites.
Figure 3 - An
Iron meteorite, a large sample of which can be
used to reconstruct the past cosmic ray flux variations.