Terrestrial Ages of Antarctic Meteorites Based on the Thermoluminescence Levels Induced in the Fusion Crust

The fusion crust of eight Antarctic meteorite finds show natural thermoluminescence (TL) levels about 100 times higher than the levels in the fusion crust of freshly fallen meteorites, Dhajala, Jilin and Bansur. If it is assumed that this TL is due to cosmic ray received on the surface of Antarctica, the terrestrial residence times of the meteorites is calculated to lie between 104 - 105 years. Strictly, these periods represent lower limits of terrestrial ages of these meteorites, and are generally consistent with terrestrial ages calculated from cosmogenic radionuclides

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Main Authors: Sengupta,D., Bhandari,N., Watanabe,S.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física 1997
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spelling oai:scielo:S0103-973319970003000011999-02-04Terrestrial Ages of Antarctic Meteorites Based on the Thermoluminescence Levels Induced in the Fusion CrustSengupta,D.Bhandari,N.Watanabe,S.The fusion crust of eight Antarctic meteorite finds show natural thermoluminescence (TL) levels about 100 times higher than the levels in the fusion crust of freshly fallen meteorites, Dhajala, Jilin and Bansur. If it is assumed that this TL is due to cosmic ray received on the surface of Antarctica, the terrestrial residence times of the meteorites is calculated to lie between 104 - 105 years. Strictly, these periods represent lower limits of terrestrial ages of these meteorites, and are generally consistent with terrestrial ages calculated from cosmogenic radionuclidesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedade Brasileira de FísicaBrazilian Journal of Physics v.27 n.3 19971997-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97331997000300001en10.1590/S0103-97331997000300001
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Bhandari,N.
Watanabe,S.
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Terrestrial Ages of Antarctic Meteorites Based on the Thermoluminescence Levels Induced in the Fusion Crust
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Bhandari,N.
Watanabe,S.
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title Terrestrial Ages of Antarctic Meteorites Based on the Thermoluminescence Levels Induced in the Fusion Crust
title_short Terrestrial Ages of Antarctic Meteorites Based on the Thermoluminescence Levels Induced in the Fusion Crust
title_full Terrestrial Ages of Antarctic Meteorites Based on the Thermoluminescence Levels Induced in the Fusion Crust
title_fullStr Terrestrial Ages of Antarctic Meteorites Based on the Thermoluminescence Levels Induced in the Fusion Crust
title_full_unstemmed Terrestrial Ages of Antarctic Meteorites Based on the Thermoluminescence Levels Induced in the Fusion Crust
title_sort terrestrial ages of antarctic meteorites based on the thermoluminescence levels induced in the fusion crust
description The fusion crust of eight Antarctic meteorite finds show natural thermoluminescence (TL) levels about 100 times higher than the levels in the fusion crust of freshly fallen meteorites, Dhajala, Jilin and Bansur. If it is assumed that this TL is due to cosmic ray received on the surface of Antarctica, the terrestrial residence times of the meteorites is calculated to lie between 104 - 105 years. Strictly, these periods represent lower limits of terrestrial ages of these meteorites, and are generally consistent with terrestrial ages calculated from cosmogenic radionuclides
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