Geochemical characterization of extraterrestrial impact events recorded in sedimentary rocks

Speaker: Dott.ssa Honami Sato (Department of Geosciences, University of Padova) Thursday, 4th november – 4:30 PM | Aula Arduino

04.11.2021

More than three decades have passed since the discovery of anomalies in the abundance of platinum group elements (PGEs: Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, Pd) across the sections of Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) strata from Gubbio (Italy) and Caravaca (Spain), which have been attributed to a bolide impact.

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42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles (Können wir uns durch die Erdkugel graben?) - ARTE

42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles (Können wir uns durch die Erdkugel graben?) - ARTE (German)

04.09.2021

Studying the interior of our planet is not easy, but thanks to various disciplines a lot of information is available.This is the main topic of the first episode of “42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles” (42 - The answer to almost everything), the ARTE (in italiano) show dedicated to science, which also

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The “shock” origin of extraterrestrial diamonds

26.06.2021

It’s the largest diamond ever found in a meteorite, measuring one-tenth of a millimeter. As if that’s not enough, it should also be added that for the first time together with "large" diamonds of this type, nanometer diamonds have been identified (a diamond of one tenth of a millimeter is about 100

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Climate change: eyes on the permafrost

24.06.2021

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasizes, as if there were still any need for it that without taking measures to reduce climate-changing gas emissions we will certainly face serious repercussions. It is therefore essential to plan policies that combat

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From the museum, a new race of myliobatiform is found in fossils

22.06.2021

An international group of researchers, including Luca Giusberti from the University of Padua’s Department of Geosciences, discovered a new race of myliobatiform fossils (Lessiniabatis aenigmatica) in the Natural History Museums of Paris, Florence, and Udine. The new race of stingray has a unique and

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