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- noun A
geologically occurring slow fissionreactor , especially in the Earth's past. - noun Any
man-made industrial structure built into the Earth's crust and operating on the principle ofnuclear fission . - noun The
theorized natural fission reactor at the center of the Earth which would account for the geomagnetic field.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Marvin Herndon, an independent geophysicist based in San Diego, previously put forward the controversial hypothesis that uranium, the heaviest naturally occurring element, has sunk to the Earth's core and formed a "georeactor" several kilometres across.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Marvin Herndon, an independent geophysicist based in San Diego, previously put forward the controversial hypothesis that uranium, the heaviest naturally occurring element, has sunk to the Earth's core and formed a "georeactor" several kilometres across.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Marvin Herndon, an independent geophysicist based in San Diego, previously put forward the controversial hypothesis that uranium, the heaviest naturally occurring element, has sunk to the Earth's core and formed a "georeactor" several kilometres across.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Marvin Herndon, an independent geophysicist based in San Diego, previously put forward the controversial hypothesis that uranium, the heaviest naturally occurring element, has sunk to the Earth's core and formed a "georeactor" several kilometres across (see
New Scientist - Online News Maggie McKee 2010
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Marvin Herndon proposed the georeactor theory in about 1993 Feasibility of a nuclear fission reactor at the center of the Earth as the energy source for the geomagnetic field.
Kepler Discovers Planets-like Objects Hotter Than Stars | Universe Today 2010
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If the georeactor hypothesis is right, Gott questions why Venus did not form a moon in the same process, since Venus boasts a similar mass and composition to the Earth.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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"Meijer and Westrenem fail to realise that such a georeactor would melt itself down to the centre," said Herndon.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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If the georeactor hypothesis is right, Gott questions why Venus did not form a moon in the same process, since Venus boasts a similar mass and composition to the Earth.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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"Meijer and Westrenem fail to realise that such a georeactor would melt itself down to the centre," said Herndon.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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"Meijer and Westrenem fail to realise that such a georeactor would melt itself down to the centre," said Herndon.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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