Muons penetrate much further than X-rays, they do essentially zero damage, and they are provided for free by the cosmos.
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GEOLOGY Correction for “Progressive Cenozoic cooling and the demise of Antarctica’s last refugium,” by John B. Anderson, Sophie Warny, Rosemary A. Askin, Julia S. Wellner, Steven M. Bohaty, Alexandra E. Kirshner, Daniel N. Livsey, Alexander R. Simms, Tyler R. Smith, Werner Ehrmann, Lawrence A. Lawver, David Barbeau, Sherwood W. Wise, Denise K. Kulhenek, Fred M. Weaver, and Wojciech Majewski, which appeared in issue 28, July 12, 2011, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (108:11356–11360; first published June 27, 2011; 10.1073/pnas.1014885108).
The authors note that the author name Denise K. Kulhenek should instead appear as Denise K. Kulhanek. The corrected author line appears below. The online version has been corrected.
John B. Anderson, Sophie Warny, Rosemary A. Askin, Julia S. Wellner, Steven M. Bohaty, Alexandra E. Kirshner, Daniel N. Livsey, Alexander R. Simms, Tyler R. Smith, Werner Ehrmann, Lawrence A. Lawver, David Barbeau, Sherwood W. Wise, Denise K. Kulhanek, Fred M. Weaver, and Wojciech Majewski
Correction for Anderson et al., Progressive Cenozoic cooling and the demise of Antarctica’s last refugium
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