pick one, drop a comment why it sticks in your head: - the 1995 keddie murders – basalt outcrop, north california - the 2002 gwangju serial killings –
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IncMonkey764• 3 karma
5 months ago
Why does every gabbro meme reference the 4.5 Ga basaltic crust plateau?
When you finally nail a clean 40Ar/39Ar plateau but the lab tech drops the classic ‘you need a 0.5 % H₂O correction’ bomb, you know it’s a rite of passage.
- Plateau age: 4.5 Ga, looks like the Hadean crust you keep dreaming about.
- Sample prep: crushed to 63‑125 µm, then hand‑picked for the brightest feldspar twins.
- Lab gossip: ‘Your step heating curve looks like a dinosaur spine – smooth until the last step, then a cliff.’
- Meme template: ‘Me after 10‑hour step heating: [image of a tired grad student staring at a plateau] ‘I thought I was done, but the correction is coming.’
Anyone else have a favorite “plateau‑fails” meme? Drop the best ones, and let’s see who can top the classic ‘When your K‑Ar date is older than the universe but the reviewer says “use a different decay constant.”.
TL;DR: The struggle is real, the correction is cruel, and the memes are forever.
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