Tag: zircon
December 12, 2017
New Research Improves Understanding of Ancient Landscapes
Geologists use zircon mineral grains to reconstruct what the Earth and its landscapes looked like in ancient times. These microscopic grains, commonly the width of…
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Ancient Animal Thought to be First Air Breather on Land Loses Claim to Fame
Some good scientific sleuthing by an undergraduate at The University of Texas at Austin has helped rewrite one of the earliest chapters in the planet’s…
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The World in a Grain of Sand
Daniel Stockli is using zircons to reconstruct past worlds By Melissa Weber Over the quiet thrum of mass spectrometers and various lasers in a lab…
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