Pu-Xe, U-Xe, U-Pb chronology and isotope systematics of ancient zircons from Western Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 491-499

  Turner, Grenville ^a   Busfield, Alli ^a   Crowther, Sarah A ^a   Harrison, Mark ^b   Mojzsis, Stephen J ^c   Gilmour, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

244Pu; chronology; fission; Hadean; isotope; Pu Xe; Pu U; U Xe; xenon; zircon

Indexed keywords

FISSION; MAGMATIC PROCESS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENON; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548511089     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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