Sentences with phrase «tiny zircon»
McKenzie's new evidence comes from tiny zircon crystals.
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«This allows us to read a new page of the thermal history recorded by these tiny zircon time capsules.»
Because the tiny zircon crystals retain their isotopic signatures despite episodes of remelting, the researchers could date their cores at 0.8 million to 2.1 million years old.
Not exact matches
The ancient zircons are tiny — about two - tenths of a millimeter — and measuring their magnetization is a technological challenge.
A younger volcanic deposit lying in the rock above these fossils includes zircons, tiny bits of silicate mineral that often contain trace amounts of uranium.
Tiny minerals called zircons have also survived from the early Earth.
It is a story of three scientists: a modelling specialist, an expert in a tiny mineral known as «zircon,» and a volcanologist.
However, we can only go back in time so far, as the only material we have from the very early Earth comes in the form of tiny, naturally occurring zircon crystals.