Neutron capture on Pt isotopes in iron meteorites and the Hf-W chronology of core formation in planetesimals

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 361, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-172

  Kruijer, Thomas S ^a,b   Fischer Gödde, Mario ^b   Kleine, Thorsten ^b   Sprung, Peter ^a,b   Leya, Ingo ^c   Wieler, Rainer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core formation; Hf W chronometry; Iron meteorites; Neutron capture; Planetesimals; Pt isotopes

Indexed keywords

CORE FORMATION; HF-W CHRONOMETRY; IRON METEORITES; NEUTRON CAPTURE; PLANETESIMALS;

COSMIC RAYS; HAFNIUM; IRON; ISOTOPES; NEUTRONS; PLATINUM;

TUNGSTEN;

ACCRETION; CHONDRITE; CHRONOLOGY; COSMIC RAY; HAFNIUM; IRON METEORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PARENT BODY; PLANETESIMAL; PLATINUM; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 84872304009     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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