Alpha-decay of 184Os revealed by radiogenic 180W in meteorites: Half life determination and viability as geochronometer

Stefan T. M. Peters; Carsten Muenker; Harry Becker; Toni Schulz

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.030

Alpha-decay of 184Os revealed by radiogenic 180W in meteorites: Half life determination and viability as geochronometer

Stefan T. M. Peters (Corresponding author), Carsten Muenker, Harry Becker, Toni Schulz

Department of Lithospheric Research

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69–76
Number of pages	8
Journal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume	391
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.030
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2014

Funding

This work was financially supported through DFG grant MU 1406/10-1/2. Meteorite samples were generously provided by Renate Schumacher from the Mineralogical Museum of Bonn University. Many thanks go out to Konrad Hammerschmidt, Zaicong Wang, and Timo Gawronski for assistance with the Os analyses. The authors greatly benefited from scientific discussions with Frank Wombacher, Elis Hoffman and Raul Fonseca. Rasmus Andreasen and Thomas Kruijer are gratefully acknowledged for perceptive comments that improved the quality of the manuscript. We thank Tim Elliott for editorial handling.

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

105105 Geochemistry

Keywords

meteorites
(OS)-O-184
(180)w
radioactive decay
planetary differentiation
geochronometer
PRIMITIVE UPPER-MANTLE
IVB IRON-METEORITES
CORE FORMATION
ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS
NEUTRON-CAPTURE
PARENT BODIES
COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES
TUNGSTEN ISOTOPES
STONY METEORITES
COOLING HISTORY
Os
Radioactive decay
Geochronometer
Meteorites
Planetary differentiation
W

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Alpha-decay of 184Os revealed by radiogenic 180W in meteorites: Half life determination and viability as geochronometer

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