Meteorite phosphates show constant 176Lu decay rate since 4557 million years ago

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5749, 2005, Pages 839-841

  Amelin, Yuri ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); EARTH (PLANET); ISOTOPES; METEORITES; MINERALS; PHOSPHATES;

DECAY CONSTANT; DECAY RATE; ISOTOPIC SYSTEMS; METEORITE PHOSPHATE;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

HAFNIUM; HAFNIUM 176; ISOTOPE; LEAD; LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM 176; MINERAL; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

METEORITE; PHOSPHATE; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

ACCURACY; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

EID: 27644572595     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1117919     Document Type: Article

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