Published 1988 | Version v1
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Compaction ages

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The time when meteoritic breccias were assembled in their final form is an important parameter for interpreting many of their properties. Several techniques have been devised for measuring such compaction ages but none are currently wholly satisfactory. Ages based on retention of fission tracks from Pu-244 suggest that carbonaceous-chondrite breccias were compacted within a few times 100 Myr of solar-system formation. 18 references

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Of meteorites

Publishing Information

Publisher
University of Arizona Press.
Imprint Place
Tucson, AZ (USA)
Imprint Title
Meteorites and the early solar system
Journal Page Range
p. 289-298.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20054367
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
AGE ESTIMATION; CHONDRITES; COMPACTING; FISSION; PARTICLE TRACKS; PLUTONIUM 244; SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FABRICATION; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; STONE METEORITES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES