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Nanodiamonds in the Younger Dryas boundary sediment layer

D. J. Kennett, J. P. Kennett, A. West et al., 2009. Science 323(5910), 94.

Reports cubic diamonds and n-diamonds at about 10 to 3700 ppb in sediments dated 12.9 ± 0.1 ka at multiple North American sites, absent above and below, and interprets them as evidence of a swarm of carbonaceous chondrites or comets.

MYS0D51WZ1P63TH · mystery · click to copyMYounger Dryas impact hypothesisArticledoi: 10.1126/science.1162819Checked against the original0

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The main nanodiamond claim.

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Kennett, D. J., Kennett, J. P., West, A., Mercer, C., Hee, S. S. Q., & and others (2009). Nanodiamonds in the Younger Dryas boundary sediment layer. Science 323(5910), 94. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1162819
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