Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan
Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan
Session ID : 3A16
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A shorter 146Sm half-life measured and implications for 146Sm-142Nd chronology in the solar system
*Norikazu KinoshitaTakashi NakanishiAkihiko YokoyamaM. PaulY. KashivP. CollonC.M. DeibelB. DiGiovineJ.P. GreeneD.J. HendersonC.L. JiangS.T. MarleyR.C. PardoK.E. RehmD. RobertsonR. ScottC. SchmitX.D. TangR. Vondrasek
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Keywords: Half-life, Age, Solar System
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Our group had determined half-life of 146Sm to be 68 My, 34% shorter than currently adopted value, by producing 146Sm atom, alpha spectrometry and mass spectrometry. Crucial experimental problem has not been identified. The half-life was verified by cosmo-geological method; ages for Earth, Moon, and Mars were re-estimated using the new half-life. The new half-life gives different initial amount of 146Sm at the time of solar system formation and different ages. On the other hand, age of Moon has been determined by 3 methods of 146Sm-142Nd, Pb-Pb, and 147Sm-143Nd dating. Each age correspond one another within error using the new 146Sm half-life.
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