The world’s oldest water?
Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 21:30
in Earth & Climate
New evidence bolsters the notion that deep saline groundwaters in South Africa's Witwatersrand Basin may have remained isolated for many thousands, perhaps even millions, of years. The study found the noble gas neon dissolved in water in three-kilometer deep crevices.
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