Published November 1984 | Version v1
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Investigations of cosmic-ray-produced nuclides in iron meteorites. Pt. 6

Creators

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut), Mainz (Germany, F.R.)

Description

About thirty years ago, a simple model was proposed by Martin and by Ebert and Waenke to describe the interaction of cosmic rays with meteoritic iron. The model was later used by Signer and Nier to calculate the spatial distribution of cosmogenic noble gas nuclides in spherical meteoroids. A rigorous mathematical evaluation of the model - known as the Signer-Nier model - is presented. The model is broadly compatible with data on noble gas nuclides and on 41K/40K exposure ages. (orig.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
The Signer-Nier model and the history of the cosmic radiation

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
1
Series
CODEN: EPSLA.;Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.
Journal Page Range
181-194
ISSN
0012-821X

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
16043764
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ARGON 38; COSMIC RADIATION; DIAGRAMS; GEOMETRY; HELIUM 3; HELIUM 4; IRON METEORITES; ISOTOPE DATING; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; ISOTOPE RATIO; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEON 21; POTASSIUM 40; POTASSIUM 41; SPALLATION; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
Descriptors DEC
AGE ESTIMATION; ARGON ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CONFIGURATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HELIUM ISOTOPES; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATHEMATICS; METEORITES; NEON ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES