Depth-dependent Concentrations of Cosmogenic 10Be, 26Al, 36Cl, HEc, NEc, and ARc in the Old Woman Iron Meteorite

Details Depth-dependent Concentrations of Cosmogenic 10Be, 26Al, 36Cl, HEc, NEc, and ARc in the Old Woman Iron Meteorite Depth-dependent Concentrations of Cosmogenic 10Be, 26Al, 36Cl, HEc, NEc, and ARc in the Old Woman Iron Meteorite

Sep 1995

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Meteoritics, vol. 30, no. 5, page 534

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Cosmogenic Nuclides, Exposure Age, Meteorites, Iron, Old Woman, Noble Gases

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We report measurements of 1OBe7 26AI, 36CI, and of light noble gases in 6 samples of the type IIB Old Woman iron meteorite. The aim of this work is to study the depth dependence of the production rates of cosmogenic nuclides in iron meteorites. Old Woman is a large single mass of 2753 kg. Five samples have been taken from a slice of about 100 cm x 50 cm. One other sample was located roughly 40 cm above the center of the slice in a perpendicular direction. The distances between any two samples vary from 36.5 cm to 57.5 cm. Studies of cosmogenic nuclides in samples of known locations are very useful for the validation of models describing the production of cosmogenic nuclides in meteorites. Cosmogenic radionuclides were measured by accelerator mass spectrometry at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Partial results have been reported earlier [1]. Concentrations of 4He, 21Ne and 38Ar in aliquots of the samples were determined by conventional mass spectrometry using an isotopic dilution method. The ratio 3He/4He appears to be almost constant with a value of 0.12 - ().13. This is about half the value generally observed in iron meteorites. Similar low ratios have been previously observed in some irons and in chondritic metal and reflect diffusion losses of 3H 12,31. The ratios 4He/38Ar, 4He/21Ne and 36Ar/38Ar are similar to those observed in iron meteorites indicating no significant losses of 4He. The measured ratio S = 4He/21Ne which represents one of the best indicators of shielding depth in iron meteorites, varies from 310 to 375 in samples from the slice. By using this as a shielding parameter, profiles were obtained for the different nuclides investigated in this work. Systematic decreases from the surface to the center of the meteorite are observed and the center of the meteoroid can be determined. As expected from nuclear systematics, the ratio 36Cl/36Ar is almost constant. The ratio 36Cl/10Be is relatively constant with a mean value of 4.7 indicating that the terrestrial age of Old Woman is probably less than 50,000 years. References: [1] Nishiizumi K. et al (1991) Meteoritics, 26, 379-380. [2] Schultz L. (1967) EPSL, 2, 87-89. [3] Graf T. et al., this volume.

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