Research Article

The Origin of Nanoscopic Grooving on Vesicle Walls in Submarine Basaltic Glass: Implications for Nanotechnology

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Grain size/spacing relationships of sulphide spherules on vesicle walls. (a) Plots of average grain size versus average spacing for five populations of sulfide spherules embedded in vesicle walls. (b) Determination of the fractal dimension for the pattern of sulphide spherules embedded in the wall of vesicle B (Figure 2(a)).
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