Open AccessMeet Jane, the Zircon Grain—Geochronology’s New Mascot
Author(s) -
Alka Tripathy-Lang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo162514
Subject(s) - geochronology , zircon , poetry , art , art history , mascot , archaeology , geology , history , paleontology , literature , political science , law
In a children’s book written by geochronologist Matthew Fox, he condenses 400 million years of history into 34 playfully poetic pages as he follows the travels of a single grain of sand.