Talk:Gigaton (unit)

"An earthquake measuring an 8.0 on the richter scale releases approximately 1.01 gigatons of energy." I believe this is wrong. See Talk:Richter magnitude scale 64.168.29.110 23:56, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The "estimate" of 191xxx gigatons seems too precise. I'm going to round it to 190,000. Not that there's any source listed for that figure.

This article should be merged into Tonne. --84.248.252.228 04:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

This article contains similar and repeated information as Tonne and Tonne_of_TNT and should be merged with one/both. Some of the numbers do not agree between the articles. Ickettpe 18:33, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Gigaton is used in measuring Carbon in different places. Like "The seas contain around 36000 gigatonnes of carbon".

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(1) After 54 edits since 7 April 2004 this article still does not justify its existence, why it should be anything other than a multiple in a table in the tonne article. (2) It only has one reference though it makes many claims as fact. (3) There is nothing notable about the word. All uses of the word are only explosive power amounts in particular incidents (3a) an unmeasurable amount of carbon dioxide pollution (3b) the yield of Tsar Bomba (3c) The theoretical yield of a theoretical impact at Chicxulub crater in Mexico. (4) Two fictional uses of the word not central to any plot. (5) Gigatonne is not an official SI measurement. The official measure is Petagram Pg as mentioned in tonne. (6) The word is mentioned in Tonne.-Adimovk5 (talk) 21:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC) 05:31, 7 April 2004 68.149.57.60 (Talk) request to merge into tonne

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