Marina Prozorova (asker) Apr 30, 2010:

The text is like this:

Only one element, uranium, presented an exception; its amount in bone appeared to be by an order of magnitude higher than in the ground sample.
The maximum concentrations of high-charge elements were found in the specimen aged about 1 Myr, collected in river alluvial deposits. The total concentration of its 21 high-charge elements was 4900 mcg/g (that is, by one order of magnitude higher than in most ancient bones from karst cavities, and by four orders higher than in fresh bone.

Marina Prozorova (asker) Apr 30, 2010:

Unfortunatelly, I do not have this text is Russian, only its English version written by a Russian-speaking scientist for an international journal on geology. He uses phrases like "на порядок выше" (which is common in Russian) and translates them using the word "order". I'm not sure whether it would be understandable for the English-speaking audience. In terms of math, as far as I know, "порядок" means a degree...

Judith Hehir Apr 30, 2010:

Marina, Can you provide context for us? Perhaps that will help us come up with something more suitable.