The self-similarity of rocks on the macro-scale is well known—traditionally, the photographs of rock formations usually include a scale-defining object such as a coin, a hammer, a human silhouette, etc. We know now that ...
Radlinski A.P.; Claoue-Long J.; Hinde A.L.; Radlinska E.Z.; Lin J.S.(2003)
Zircon crystals change their physical properties significantly over time in response to the radiation damage (metamictization) induced in the lattice by the presence of radionuclides U and Th. Crystalline zircon has extremely ...