1. Fossilised folk tales.
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GEOCHRONOMETRY , *LEGENDARY characters , *FOLKLORE , *VOLCANOES ,AUSTRALIAN legends - Abstract
The article discusses a study published in 2020 in "Geology," by Erin Matchan, a geochronologist at Melbourne University, which calculated the age of the Budj Bim volcano in Australia. Topics covered include evidence which suggests that Budj Bim, a central character in Australian myths, may be 37 millennia old, a method called argon dating used by Matchan, and the related folk tale about Skell, Llao and an earthly maiden.
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- 2020