Miyake event

English

Etymology

Named after the Japanese physicist Fusa Miyake, who first identified them.

Noun

Miyake event (plural Miyake events)

  1. An observed sharp enhancement of the production of cosmogenic isotopes by cosmic rays, which may be marked by a spike in the concentration of radioactive isotopes in tree rings and ice cores.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.