cosmogenic
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- adjective
- /ˌkɒzməˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Specialized
:
cosmogénico
- Scientists discovered that increased levels of cosmogenic particles can help trace the history of solar activity.
- cosmogenic isotopes
Examples
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Since climate itself can affect the deposition of the cosmogenic isotopes in ice and trees, the 14C and 10Be records may also indicate terrestrial variability rather than solar.
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Previous cosmogenic isotope studies did not manage to resolve influences on multiple time scales.
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Yet the only cosmogenic isotope they graph in comparison to temperature is C-14.
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The cycle seems to be fairly clear in the sunspot record and in its proxy measurements by cosmogenic isotopes.
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Although cosmogenic isotopes were indeed elevated, indicating very low levels of solar activity, those levels are insufficient to account for the large cosmic-ray modulation suggested by 10 Be.
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For example, droughts in the Yucatan Peninsula appear to have an approximate 208-year cycle in phase with decreased levels of cosmogenic isotopes, which indicate periods of higher solar activity.
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The researchers studied a rare cosmogenic isotope found in ancient ice cores.
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Meteorites often carry cosmogenic isotopes that provide information about their origins in outer space.
How Cosmic
Surface Forms
Morphology
cosmogenic = cosmo + gen + ic
The word is built from classical combining forms, but its specialized scientific meaning is not easily recoverable for an average B1 learner from those parts alone.
Etymology
The word cosmogenic comes from the parts cosmo- meaning 'universe' or 'space', as in cosmic, and -genic meaning 'producing' or 'causing', like 'generate'. So cosmogenic means 'produced by space', for example materials made when particles from outer space hit Earth.