Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Terrestrial xenon isotope constraints on the early history of the Earth

  • Article
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Abstract

Comparison between 129I-radiogenic 129Xe and 244Pu-fissiogenic 136Xe components in terrestrial xenon suggests that the Earth's inner region accreted a few tens of millions of years earlier than the outer region from which the atmosphere evolved. The results also indicate that there has been no substantial mixing of the two regions since the Earth's accretion.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Reynolds, J. H. Phys. Rev. Lett. 4, 8–10 (1960).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Butler, W. A., Jeffrey, P. M., Reynolds, J. H. & Wasserburg, G. J. J. geophys. Res. 68, 3283–3291 (1963).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Boulos, M. S. & Manuel, O. K. Science 174, 1334–1336 (1971).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Phinney, D., Tennyson, J. & Frick, U. J. geophys. Res. 83, 2313–2319 (1978).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Smith, S. P. & Reynolds, J. H. Earth planet. Sci. Lett. 54, 236–238 (1981).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Staudacher, Th. & Allègre, C. J. Earth planet. Sci. Lett. 60, 389–406 (1982).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Allègre, C. J., Staudacher, Th., Sarda, P. & Kurz, M. Nature 303, 762–766 (1983).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Kirsten, T., Oehm, J., Richter, H. & Rocholl, A. Meteoritics 18, 355 (1983).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Kaneoka, I. & Takaoka, N. Earth planet. Sci. Lett. 39, 382–386 (1978a).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Kaneoka, I., Takaoka, N. & Aoki, K. in Terrestrial Rare Gases (eds Alexander, E. C. & Ozima, M.), 71–83 (Japan Scientific Society Press, Tokyo, 1978b).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  11. Hennecke, E. W. & Manuel, O. K. Nature 257, 778–780 (1975).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Takaoka, N. & Ozima, M. Nature 271, 45–46 (1978).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Manuel, O. K. & Sabu, D. D. Geochem. J. 15, 245–267 (1981).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Thomson, K. J. geophys. Res. 85, 4374–4378 (1980).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. Hart, R., Dymond, J. & Hogan, I. Nature 305, 403–407 (1983).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Kuroda, P. K., Sherrill, R. D. & Jackson, K. C. Geochem. J. 11, 75–90 (1977).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Bernatowicz, T. J. & Podosek, F. A. in Terrestrial Rare Gases (eds Alexander, E. C. & Ozima, M.) 99–135 (Japan Scientific Society Press, Tokyo, 1978).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  18. Nakagawa, Y., Nakazawa, K. & Hayashi, C. Icarus 45, 517–528 (1981).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. Weidenschilling, S. J. Icarus 44, 172–189 (1980).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. Nakagawa, Y., Hayashi, C. & Nakazawa, K. Icarus 54, 361–376 (1983).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  21. Lange, M. A. & Ahrens, T. J. J. geophys. Res. Suppl. 87, A451–A456 (1982).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Pepin, R. O. & Phinney, D. Lunar Sci. 7, 682–684 (1976).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  23. Pepin, R. O. & Phinney, D. Moon Planets (in the press).

  24. Goldreich, P. & Ward, W. R. Astrophys. J. 183, 1051–1061 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. Hamano, Y. & Ozima, M. in Terrestrial Rare Gases (eds Alexander, E. C. & Ozima, M.) (Japan Scientific Society Press, Tokyo, 1976).

    Google Scholar 

  26. Podosek, F. A., Honda, M. & Ozima, M. Geochim. cosmochim. Acta 44, 1875–1884 (1980).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Ozima, M. & Zashu, S. Earth planet. Sci. Lett. 62, 24–40 (1983).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Kyser, T. K. & Rison, W. J. geophys. Res. 87, 5611–5630 (1982).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Geophysical Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113, Japan

    M. Ozima & G. Igarashi

  2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, 63130, USA

    F. A. Podosek

Authors
  1. M. Ozima
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. F. A. Podosek
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. G. Igarashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ozima, M., Podosek, F. & Igarashi, G. Terrestrial xenon isotope constraints on the early history of the Earth. Nature 315, 471–474 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/315471a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/315471a0

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation