Xenon compositions of magmatic zircons in 3.64 and 3.81 Ga meta-granitoids from Greenland - A search for extinct 244Pu in ancient terrestrial rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 69-82

  Honda, Masahiko ^a   Nutman, Allen P ^a   Bennett, Vickie C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric evolution; Early Archaean; Fission xenon; Noble gases; Pu 244

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; EARLY EARTH; GRANITOID; NOBLE GAS; PALEOATMOSPHERE; XENON; ZIRCON;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0037470544     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01147-0     Document Type: Article

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