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Resetting a clock from Earth's rocks.
- Source :
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Science News . 8/25/2001, Vol. 160 Issue 8, p127. 1/4p. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Reports that refinement of a technique for determining the age of ancient rocks indicates that the Earth's crust may have formed millions of years earlier than was previously thought. Measurement of lutetium-176 which decays into hafnium-176 to determine age; Reduction to the proposed rate of decay of lutetium.
- Subjects :
- *CRUST of the earth
*AGE of the Earth
*GEOCHRONOMETRY
*LUTETIUM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368423
- Volume :
- 160
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Science News
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 5063243