Coupled W-Os-Pt isotope systematics in IVB iron meteorites: In situ neutron dosimetry for W isotope chronology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 361, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-161

  Wittig, N ^a   Humayun, M ^a   Brandon, A D ^b   Huang, S ^a,c   Leya, I ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Galactic cosmic rays; Geochronology; IVB iron meteorites; Nucleosynthetic anomalies; W, Pt and Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; IRON METEORITES; ISOTOPE ANOMALIES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE DATA; MC-ICP-MS; NEUTRON CAPTURE; NEUTRON CAPTURE CROSS SECTION; NEUTRON DOSAGES; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR MODEL; NUCLEOSYNTHETIC ANOMALIES; OLD AGE; R-PROCESS; S-PROCESS; SECONDARY NEUTRONS; W ISOTOPES;

COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; GALAXIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON; ISOTOPES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; OSMIUM; PLATINUM; TUNGSTEN;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

COSMIC RAY; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRON; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; METEORITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PLATINUM; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 84872338903     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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