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There is no process to 'lithify' bits of plastic in place on a beach. This is probably the result of someone partially burning/melting a pile of plastic(nets) o
by krunck 4y ago
There is no process to 'lithify' bits of plastic in place on a beach. This is probably the result of someone partially burning/melting a pile of plastic(nets) on the beach. The resulting slag washed into the ocean , broke up, and became rounded 'rocks' by wave action.
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- schiffern 4y ago>There is no process You just described a process to make plastic that looks like igneous rocks, which seems to be all the paper is claiming. The abstract mentions "plastic debris forms are rock synthetic equivalents in which humans act as depositional and post-depositional agents," so I suspect the authors are thinking the same thing. I can't see the full text however.
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