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10 - Chronology of the Solar System from Radioactive Isotopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2022

Harry McSween, Jr  and
Gary Huss
Harry McSween, Jr
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Gary Huss
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Manoa
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Time constraints on the formation and early evolution of planetesimals and planets

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age of elementsage of solar systemchondrite componentsaccretion timesages of differentiationages of planetsshock agescosmic-ray exposure ageterrestrial age
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Cosmochemistry , pp. 238 - 270
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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