Curtin University researchers have for the first time been abLe to visualise where helium atoms are trapped within individual mineral grains, providing information that can help to determine the geological history of the Earth's crust and assist in monitoring natural hazards such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The researchers, led by Professor Brent McInnes of Curtin's John de Laeter Centre, teamed up with Canberra-based high-technology instrument manufacturer ASI Pty Ltd to create a new laser microanalysis instrument, the RESOchron~(TM), capable of measuring helium at high resolution - to one-tenth the width of a human hair.
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