A nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic disaster is helping scientists refine the clocks used to reconstruct Earth's history. Nearly 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii, the eruption is serving as a calibration point for one of geology's most widely used dating methods.
A nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic disaster is helping scientists refine the clocks used to reconstruct Earth's history.
Nearly 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii, the eruption is serving as a calibration point for one of geology's most widely used dating methods.
The key is that the disaster occurred within recorded history.
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A nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic disaster is helping scientists refine the clocks used to reconstruct Earth's history. Nearly 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii, the eruption is serving as a calibration point for one of geology's most widely used dating methods. The key is that the disaster occurred within recorded history.
The key is that the disaster occurred within recorded history.
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