A 'cosmic clock' in tiny crystals reveals the rise and fall of Australia's ancient landscapes

Australia's iconic red landscapes have been home to Aboriginal culture and recorded in songlines for tens of thousands of ...

'Cosmic clock' reveals Australian landscapes' history and potential future

Curtin University researchers have demonstrated a new way to uncover the ancient history of Australia's landscapes, which ...
The Conversation

A ‘cosmic clock’ in tiny crystals has revealed the rise and fall of Australia’s ancient landscapes

Maximilian Dröllner has received funding from the Minerals Research Institute Of Western Australia. Chris Kirkland has received research funding from the Minerals Research Institute of Western ...
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‘Cosmic clock’ reveals Australian landscapes’ history and potential future

Scanning electron microscope image of zircon crystals. Each crystal is about 0.1 millimeters in size, which is roughly the thickness of a human hair, and records cosmogenic krypton as a geochemical ...