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Extinct 244Pu from ancient zircons. / Turner, Grenville; Harrison, T. Mark; Holland, Greg et al.
In: Science, Vol. 306, No. 5693, 01.10.2004, p. 89-91.

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Turner, G, Harrison, TM, Holland, G, Mojzsis, SJ & Gilmour, J 2004, 'Extinct 244Pu from ancient zircons', Science, vol. 306, no. 5693, pp. 89-91. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1101014

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Turner, G., Harrison, T. M., Holland, G., Mojzsis, S. J., & Gilmour, J. (2004). Extinct 244Pu from ancient zircons. Science, 306(5693), 89-91. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1101014

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Turner G, Harrison TM, Holland G, Mojzsis SJ, Gilmour J. Extinct 244Pu from ancient zircons. Science. 2004 Oct 1;306(5693):89-91. doi: 10.1126/science.1101014

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Turner, Grenville ; Harrison, T. Mark ; Holland, Greg et al. / Extinct 244Pu from ancient zircons. In: Science. 2004 ; Vol. 306, No. 5693. pp. 89-91.

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title = "Extinct 244Pu from ancient zircons",
abstract = "We have found evidence, in the form of fissiogenic xenon isotopes, for in situ decay of 244Pu in individual 4.1- to 4.2-billion-year-old zircons from the Jack Hills region of Western Australia. Because of its short half-life, 82 million years, 244Pu was extinct within 600 million years of Earth's formation. Detrital zircons are the only known relics to have survived from this period, and a study of their Pu geochemistry will allow us to date ancient metamorphic events and determine the terrestrial Pu/U ratio for comparison with the solar ratio.",
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N2 - We have found evidence, in the form of fissiogenic xenon isotopes, for in situ decay of 244Pu in individual 4.1- to 4.2-billion-year-old zircons from the Jack Hills region of Western Australia. Because of its short half-life, 82 million years, 244Pu was extinct within 600 million years of Earth's formation. Detrital zircons are the only known relics to have survived from this period, and a study of their Pu geochemistry will allow us to date ancient metamorphic events and determine the terrestrial Pu/U ratio for comparison with the solar ratio.

AB - We have found evidence, in the form of fissiogenic xenon isotopes, for in situ decay of 244Pu in individual 4.1- to 4.2-billion-year-old zircons from the Jack Hills region of Western Australia. Because of its short half-life, 82 million years, 244Pu was extinct within 600 million years of Earth's formation. Detrital zircons are the only known relics to have survived from this period, and a study of their Pu geochemistry will allow us to date ancient metamorphic events and determine the terrestrial Pu/U ratio for comparison with the solar ratio.

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