Does Earth play music? The music from 500 million years ago by turbidity currents (outcrop 720103-2)
Channel: Сектор Таймыра
Date: 2022-11-03

500 million years ago, in the Cambrian, turbidity currents (subaquatic collapses) fell into the ancient sea dip. These currents made a series of layers on the sea bed. Every trinity of layers (sandstone + siltstone + claystone) is a result of one turbidity current.
In this video every single layer sounds like one tone: sandstone - do2, siltstone - sol, claystone - do1, 
thin bedded mudstone - mi. The intervals after the tones are equal to the thicknesses of the layers.

In this video you are listening to the turbidites measured in outcrop 720103-2, in the canyon of river Hutudabigai, North-East of Taymyr peninsula, Arctic. Cambrian turbidites dominate along the North-Western shore of Taymyr peninsula, composes the Bolshevik island and is likely spread between them under the sea. This area is about 100 000 km2, or 0,02% of the whole Earth’s surface.

Author of idea Konstantin Borisenkov
Realization by Petr Gromov

To create this music we used free software: MIDICSV and Rosegarden. The cover has been created using lexica.art.