Non-nucleosynthetic heterogeneity in non-radiogenic stable Hf isotopes: Implications for early solar system chronology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Sprung, Peter ^a,c   Scherer, Erik E ^a   Upadhyay, Dewashish ^a,d   Leya, Ingo ^b   Mezger, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CHUR; Early Earth; Lu Hf; Non radiogenic stable Hf isotopes; Nucleosynthesis; Secondary neutron capture

Indexed keywords

BULK SILICATE EARTH; DATA SUPPORT; EARLY EARTH; EPITHERMAL; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; HF ISOTOPE; HF SYSTEMS; ISOCHRONS; ISOTOPE ANOMALIES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LUNAR METEORITE; NEUTRON CAPTURE; NEUTRON ENERGY; PLANETARY EVOLUTIONS; R-PROCESS; REFERENCE VALUES; SECONDARY NEUTRONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TERRESTRIAL ROCKS; THERMAL NEUTRON CAPTURE; THERMAL NEUTRON FLUENCES;

GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; NEUTRONS; SILICATES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HAFNIUM;

ASTROPHYSICS; CHONDRITE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EARLY EARTH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUTETIUM; MESOSIDERITE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 77953024442     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.050     Document Type: Article

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