A Comparison of the Noble Gases in Three Meteorite Specimens Labeled Springfield

Author

Edward W. Hennecke
Oliver Manuel, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

The abundance and isotopic composition of the noble gases were measured in three Springfield specimens identified by the Denver Museum of Natural History with numbers 7029, 379.13 and 6040. The latter specimen contains more cosmogenic noble gas isotopes than the other two specimens and the abundance pattern of trapped noble gases in specimen 6040 is distinct from that in the other two specimens. Specimen 7029 contains about seven times as much radiogenic ⁴⁰Ar and about four times as much radiogenic ¹²⁹Xe as does specimen 379.13. These results indicate that the three specimens did not come from a single meteoroid.

Recommended Citation

E. W. Hennecke and O. Manuel, "A Comparison of the Noble Gases in Three Meteorite Specimens Labeled Springfield," Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung A, vol. 31, no. 3-4, pp. 293 - 296, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences, Apr 1976.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-1976-3-413

Department(s)

Chemistry

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0932-0784

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1976 Verlag der Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Apr 1976