Extinct 244Pu in ancient zircons

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5693, 2004, Pages 89-91

  Turner, Grenville ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^b,c   Holland, Greg ^a   Mojzsis, Stephen J ^d   Gilmour, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR RADIATION;

METAMORPHISM; SOLAR RATIO; XENON ISOTOPES;

ZIRCON;

ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM; XENON; ZIRCONIUM; LEAD; SILICATE; URANIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLUTONIUM; PRECAMBRIAN; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; ZIRCON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HALF LIFE TIME; METAMORPHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SOLAR ENERGY; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENT; TIME;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; SILICATES; TIME; URANIUM; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; XENON ISOTOPES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 6044256053     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1101014     Document Type: Article

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