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[en] Mass spectrometric analyses of the noble gas isotopes were performed on the mesosiderites, Clover Springs, Crab Orchard, Patwar, and Hainholtz with comparative analyses also conducted on the achondrites, Binda and Pavlovka. Gases were released in incremental temperature steps so that variation of the spallogenic compositions could be studied. All samples were found to be rich in cosmogenic neon and argon. The 21Ne/22Ne ratio showed a large variation, between 0.83 and 1.00, indicating a definite dependence on the combined effects of target element abundances and cosmic ray shielding. The shielding effect seems to be especially pronounced in the mesosiderites. The 36Ar/38Ar ratio for spallation was found to be approximately 0.65 in good agreement with previous work. Cosmic ray exposure ages determined from cosmogenic argon abundances fall in the range 40 to 87 my for mesosiderites. Crab Orchard gave a K--Ar age of 3.2 x 109 y. The Binda achondrite gave 44 my and 3.2 x 109 y respectively for cosmic ray exposure and K--Ar ages. The xenon cosmogenic isotope patterns were calculated independently for each temperature fraction from Patwar and also for the Estherville mesosiderite using previously published data. A distinct correlation with temperature was observed which is comparable to other results on achondrites and lunar materials. These spallation product compositional variations appear to depend on target and energy variations. Cosmogenic yields of 129Xe are also distinctly correlated, suggesting a lack of radiogenically produced contributions, i.e., from extinct 129I decay. The 129Xe/126Xe spallation ratio varied from about 1.8 in the low temperature fractions from Patwar to 0.7 in the high temperature Estherville fractions
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1977; 143 p; University Microfilms Order No. 78-06,791; Thesis (Ph. D.).
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