Initial Hf/Hf in meteoritic zircons |
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Authors: | T.R. Ireland,M. Bukovanská |
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Affiliation: | 1 Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia 2 Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, USA 3 National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | Zircons from the Simmern H5 chondrite and Pomozdino eucrite have been analyzed for their Hf-W isotope systematics. Zircons have high intrinsic Hf contents and coupled with low W, make them ideal Hf-W chronometers. However, measurements of (182Hf/180Hf)0 are far from straightforward with low signals of radiogenic 182W and difficulties in calibrating Hf/W ratios. Zircons were analyzed from the Simmern chondrite, and the Pomozdino eucrite. The Simmern zircon has an ultrarefractory-enriched trace element pattern, a feature commonly associated with refractory inclusions. Analyses of Simmern zircon show variable Hf/W that is likely due to surface contamination. Simmern chondrite zircon yields a (182Hf/180Hf)0 of 7.2 (± 4.5) × 10−5. Pomozdino eucrite zircon analyses show very high Hf/W values indicating (182Hf/180Hf)0 of 1.7 (± 1.1) × 10−5. The Simmern value is in good agreement with the initial value of the solar system indicated from Hf-W systematics of chondrites. The Pomozdino value is lower than expected if eucrites formed within several million years of refractory inclusions as suggested from Al-Mg systematics of eucrites. |
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