Precise
measurements of zircon's dismal durability may point the way to better radiation - proof containers
Not exact matches
«Our
measurements, however, support some previous geochemical
measurements on ancient
zircons that suggest an age
of 4.4 billion years.»
Measurements on some 50 grains
of zircon from the gneiss rocks found in Canada showed them to be 3.962 billion years old, with a margin
of error
of only three million years.