Message in a stainless steel bottle thrown into deep geological time

Lewandowski, M.; Kusiak, M.A.; Michalczyk, Ł.; Szmigiel, D.; Sledziewska-Gojska, E.; Barzycka, B.; Wawrzyniak, T.; Luks, B.; Thordarson, Thorvaldur; Wilde, S.A.; Höskuldsson, Ármann

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dc.contributor	Háskóli Íslands
dc.contributor	University of Iceland
dc.contributor.author	Lewandowski, M.
dc.contributor.author	Kusiak, M.A.
dc.contributor.author	Michalczyk, Ł.
dc.contributor.author	Szmigiel, D.
dc.contributor.author	Sledziewska-Gojska, E.
dc.contributor.author	Barzycka, B.
dc.contributor.author	Wawrzyniak, T.
dc.contributor.author	Luks, B.
dc.contributor.author	orcid.org/0000-0003-4011-7185 Thordarson, Thorvaldur
dc.contributor.author	Wilde, S.A.
dc.contributor.author	orcid.org/0000-0002-6316-2563 Höskuldsson, Ármann
dc.date.accessioned	2017-12-19T13:06:51Z
dc.date.available	2017-12-19T13:06:51Z
dc.date.issued	2017-12
dc.identifier.citation	Lewandowski, M., Kusiak, M. A., Michalczyk, Ł., Szmigiel, D., Sledziewska-Gojska, E., Barzycka, B., . . . Hoskuldsson, A. (2017). Message in a stainless steel bottle thrown into deep geological time. Gondwana Research, 55, 139-141. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2017.09.005
dc.identifier.issn	1342-937X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/481
dc.description.abstract	In the 60th year after the placing of the corner stone under the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund (PPSH; Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway), a new capsule has been laid down in the vicinity of the PPSH. It is made of stainless steel, and includes five stainless steel containers, each carrying a message on different themes in our lives. The message is written in the language of objects, each of them speaking for itself. The capsule with containers has been buried in a 4.2 m deep hole, drilled for scientific purposes. The host rocks for the capsule are the Precambrian gneisses, representing the basement of the polar archipelago. We estimate that the capsule, now some 6 m a.s.l., will appear again on the surface after ca. 0.5 Ma, due to the combined effect of uplift and erosion. We also believe that it will be found, and the message understood, contrary to other messages sent by mankind into space.
dc.format.extent	139-141
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Gondwana Research;52
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	Jarðvísindi
dc.subject	Tími
dc.title	Message in a stainless steel bottle thrown into deep geological time
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dcterms.license	This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
dc.description.version	Peer Reviewed
dc.identifier.journal	Gondwana Research
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.gr.2017.09.005
dc.contributor.department	Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ)
dc.contributor.department	Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI)
dc.contributor.department	Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ)
dc.contributor.department	Institute of Earth Sciences (UI)
dc.contributor.school	Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ)
dc.contributor.school	School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI)