Geochemical test for branching decay of  176Lu

Amelin, Yuri; Davis, W.J.

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Geochemical test for branching decay of 176Lu

Date

2005

Authors

Amelin, Yuri

Davis, W.J.

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

Two different groups of values for the 176Lu decay constant have been determined by recent high-precision experiments. The λ176Lu values of 1.86-1.87 × 10-11 a-1 were determined by age comparisons using terrestrial minerals of Proterozoic and late Arche