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Evidence for an ancient osmium isotopic reservoir in Earth

Frei, R.
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Meibom, A.  
2002
Science

Iridosmine grains from placer deposits associated with peridotite-bearing ophiolites in the Klamath mountains have extremely radiogenic Os-186/Os-188 ratios and old Re-Os minimum ages, from 256 to 2644 million years. This indicates the existence of an ancient platinum group element reservoir with a supra-chondritic Pt/Os ratio. Such a ratio may be produced in the outer core as a result of inner core crystallization that fractionates Os from Pt. However, if the iridosmine Os isotopic compositions are a signature of the outer core, then the inner core must have formed very early, within several hundred million years after the accretion of Earth.

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research article
DOI
10.1126/science.1069119
Web of Science ID

WOS:000175179400042

Author(s)
Frei, R.
Meibom, A.  
Date Issued

2002

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Published in
Science
Volume

296

Start page

516

End page

518

Subjects

Core-Mantle Interaction

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Iron-Meteorites

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Systematics

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Geochemistry

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Cosmochemistry

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Pt-190-Os-186

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Peridotites

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Intrusions

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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May 15, 2012
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