2,000-year-old Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii helps scientists date Earth’s history more precisely
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Scientists used the Pompeii eruption to sharpen the geological clocks that date Earth’s history, achieving record‑level precision through rock analysis and references to Pliny the Younger. The reports emphasized that the exact eruption date now allows far more precise volcano dating.
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Scientists use Pompeii’s exact eruption date to make volcano dating far more precise Yahoo · 25d ago broke it first
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