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ON THE CALCULATION OF THE AGE OF THE EARTH CRUST WITH THE RUBIDIUM- STRONTIUM METHOD (in Russian)

Journal Article · · Geokhimiya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation 1956-63 see Geochemistry (USSR)
OSTI ID:4803748

The age of the earth's crust was calculated according to the usual formula, using the following data: lambda Rb/sup 87/ = 1.39 x 10/sup -11/ year/ sup -1/, Rb/sup 85//Rb/sup 87/ = 2.59, recent ratio Sr/sup 87/ Sr (average from data of various laboratories) is 0.0704, the ratio Sr/sup 87//Sr in the protogenic (meteorite) strontium is 0.0675, the abundance of Rb in the crust of the earth is 0.0072%, the abundance of Sr is 0.045%. The value of the crust age (4.5 el temperatures 1.0) x l0/sup 9/ years was obtained. According to the change of the Sr/sup 87//Sr ratio in sedimentary rocks the age of the earth's crust is (5.1 el temperatures 0.6) x l0/sup 9/ years. The average value according to two calculation methods is (4.8 el temperatures 0.8) x 10/sup 9/. (auth)

Research Organization:
Lab. of the Geology of Precambrian, Academy of Sciences, Moscow
NSA Number:
NSA-16-006631
OSTI ID:
4803748
Journal Information:
Geokhimiya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation 1956-63 see Geochemistry (USSR), Journal Name: Geokhimiya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation 1956-63 see Geochemistry (USSR) Vol. Vol: No. 11; ISSN GEOKA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
Russian

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