A low initial abundance of 247Cm in the early solar system and implications for r-process nucleosynthesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 386-397

  Stirling, Claudine H ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^b   Potter, Emma Kate ^a   Andersen, Morten B ^a   Zanda, Brigitte ^c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

247Cm 235U; MC ICPMS; Nucleosynthesis; r process; Short lived nuclide; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; MASS FRACTIONATION; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; SHORT-LIVED NUCLIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CURIUM; METEORITES; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ACTINIDE; HALF LIFE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METEORITE; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SOLAR SYSTEM; URANIUM;

EID: 33751085185     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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