Cherniak (2010b) reviews diffusion in the accessory minerals zircon, monazite, apatite, and xenotime, phases important in geochronologic studies. Diffusion in other minerals, including carbonates, sulfide minerals, fluorite and diamond, is reviewed by Cherniak (2010c).
Dear Ken, The Major League Baseball regular season is 162 games. Thatâs almost twice as long as the NHL ice hockey and NBA basketball schedules. Itâs 10 times longer than the 16 game NFL football schedule.
In baseball, more than any other sport, numbers matter. Here: 56, .400, 3,000. If you're a serious student of the game, you know what those mean, instinctively, without context or clarification. Now, with MLB's collective bargaining agreement set to expire after the 2016 season, another number is getting attention: 162. For more than 50 years, that's how many games have been crammed into the regular-season schedule. It's a grind, a marathon, a spring-to-autumn endurance test.