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Deep-sea sediments (extraction)<br />

PRD 4, 1285 (1971)<br />

• Where would <strong>monopoles</strong> have accumul<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

preferentially?<br />

• Monopoles <strong>the</strong>rmalised <strong>in</strong> ocean w<strong>at</strong>er would drift to<br />

<strong>the</strong> bottom <strong>and</strong> become trapped near <strong>the</strong> surface<br />

of sediment<br />

– Sediment<strong>at</strong>ion r<strong>at</strong>e 0.1 – 1 mm/century<br />

• The extraction method used <strong>in</strong> this search could only<br />

probe masses up to 10 4 GeV<br />

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