Te¹³⁰-Xe¹³⁰ Age Determinations of Tellurium Minerals

Author

B. Srinivasan
Emmit Calvin Alexander Jr.
Oliver Manuel, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

The half-life for double beta decay of Te ¹³⁰ is determined to be (2.83 ± 0.30) 1021 years from an analysis of xenon and tellurium in the tellurides from Kalgoorlie, Australia. The use of high sensitivity noble gas mass spectrometry to measure small amounts of the Xe ¹³⁰ formed from the double beta decay of Te ¹³⁰ makes possible a new age determination method for hydrothermal deposits rich in tellurium. Three telluride samples from different geographic locations have been dated by the Te ¹³⁰-Xe ¹³⁰ method and the ages obtained are consistent with the geologic age estimates.

Recommended Citation

B. Srinivasan et al., "Te¹³⁰-Xe¹³⁰ Age Determinations of Tellurium Minerals," Economic Geology, vol. 67, pp. 592 - 596, Society of Economic Geologists, Jan 1972.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.67.5.592

Department(s)

Chemistry

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0361-0128

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1972 Society of Economic Geologists, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1972