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Dating the oldest rocks and minerals in the Solar System

Date

Authors

Amelin, Yuri

Ireland, Trevor

Publisher

Mineralogical Society of America

Abstract

Meteorites originating from asteroids are the oldest-known rocks in the Solar System, and many predate formation of the planets. Refractory inclusions in primitive chondrites are the oldest-known materials, and chondrules are generally a few million years

Keywords

Keywords: achondrite; chondrite; chondrule; geochronology; igneous rock; iron meteorite; isotopic analysis; mineral; radionuclide; solar system; uranium series dating Extinct radionuclides; Isotopic dating; Meteorites; Protoplanetary disk; Solar System; U-Pb dating

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72615

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Elements

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.2113/gselements.9.1.39

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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