Age of the Earth research. Most geological samples from Earth are unable to give a direct date of the formation of Earth from the solar nebula because Earth has undergone differentiation into the core, mantle, and crust, and this has then undergone a long history of mixing and unmixing of these sample reservoirs by plate tectonics, weathering and hydrothermal circulation. All of these processes may adversely affect isotopic dating mechanisms because the sample cannot always be assumed to have remained as a closed system, by which it is meant that either the parent or daughter nuclide (a species of atom characterised by the number
The Sum of Its Parts 2014. The title directly refers to a quote recorded by Greek philosopher, Aristotle. The album received moderate reviews upon release, with The Irish Times garnering it 3 stars out of 5, claiming ""it’s precisely what you might expect from a Chicane album"". The Sum of Its Parts (The Whole is Greater Than) The Sum of Its Parts is the sixth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. It was released on 26 January 2015 by Modena Records and Armada Music. The album debuted at number 44 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 1,987 copies in its first week. On