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Tiny bubbles of ancient air are locked in the ice

As compared with the air outside that was manufactured, what, last year?

19 posted on 06/09/2004 4:03:21 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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I doubt that the air in the bubbles is exactly the same composition as the air of the time it was entrapped. But relative differences between air bubbles of different age might be noted.


21 posted on 06/09/2004 4:06:51 PM PDT by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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The composition is different. The core is like a pile of bottles, that were closed one each year for the last 0.75M years. The one on the bottom has the oldest air in it.


22 posted on 06/09/2004 4:07:00 PM PDT by spunkets
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