Effects of shock pressure on Ar-40/Ar-39 radiometric age determination

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Argon Isotopes, Breccia, Mass Ratios, Pressure Effects, Radioactive Age Determination, Shock Wave Interaction, Calcium, Gas Evolution, Hysteresis, Lunar Composition, Outgassing, Potassium Isotopes, Radiometers, Temperature Effects

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An investigation is conducted concerning a reversal effect that has been observed in the case of the curve involving the ratio of the quantity of Ar-40 which is derived from the decay of K-40 and the quantity of Ar-39 which is produced in the n,p reaction on K-39. According to this effect, called the drop-off effect, the ratio is lower at high temperatures. The possibility that shock produces the drop-off effect is studied, taking into account laboratory shock experiments and an examination of terrestrial crater samples. The experiments reported tend to weaken the hypothesis that the drop-off in the Ar-40/Ar-39 ratio observed in lunar breccias results from shock, but they do not disprove such a possibility.

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