Assertion: thorium | /r/CapableOf | indicate rapid buildup
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text: Thorium is created in the ocean when radioactive uranium dissolves in seawater, and it then attaches to sinking sediments, thus making it an indicator of the speed that dust and other sediments gather on the seafloor--more concentrated thorium indicates slow accumulation and more diluted thorium indicates a rapid buildup.