Modern U-Pb chronometry of meteorites: Advancing to higher time resolution reveals new problems

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5212-5223

  Amelin, Y ^a   Connelly, J ^b,c   Zartman, R E ^d   Chen, J H ^e   Gopel C ^f   Neymark, L A ^g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^g DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; DIFFUSION; FRACTIONATION; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; METEORITE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIMESCALE; URANIUM;

EID: 67849113199     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.040     Document Type: Article

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