Initial  182 Hf/ 180 Hf in meteoritic zircons

Bukovanska, M.; Ireland, Trevor

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Initial 182 Hf/ 180 Hf in meteoritic zircons

Date

2003

Authors

Bukovanska, M.

Ireland, Trevor

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

Zircons from the Simmern H5 chondrite and Pomozdino eucrite have been analyzed for their Hf-W isotope systematics. Zircons have high intrinsic Hf contents and coupled with low W, make them ideal Hf-W chronometers. However, measurements of (182 Hf/180Hf)0