Abstract
Fossil track studies in several meteorites and in lunar dust show that super-heavy (Z > 110) transuranic elements were indeed present when these objects solidified.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Nilsson, S. G., Nix, J. R., Sobiczewski, A., Szymanski, Z., Wycech, S., Gustafson, C., and Moller, P., Nucl. Phys., A, 115, 545 (1968).
Nix, J. R., Phys. Lett., 30, B, 1 (1969).
Anders, E., and Heymann, D., Science, 164, 821 (1969).
Dakowski, M., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 6, 152 (1969).
Price, P. B., and Fleischer, R. L., Phys. Lett., 30, B, 246 (1969).
Flerov, G. N., and Perelygin, V. P., Sov. Atom. Energy, 26, No. 6, 603–605 (1969); also report D6–4649, Search for Very Far Transuranium Elements in Iron-Manganese Nodules (JINR, Dubna, 1970).
Price, P. B., Fleischer, R. L., and Woods, R. T., Phys. Rev., C, 1 (5), 1819 (1970).
Cheifetz, E., Giusti, E. R., Bowman, H. R., Jared, R. C., Hunter, J. B., and Thompson, S. G., Search for Superheavy Elements in Nature by Detection of Events with Large Number of Neutrons, Univ. California, Berkeley Report UCRL–19957 (1970).
Bhandari, N., Bhat, S. G., Lal, D., Rajagopalan, G., Tamhane, A. S., and Venkatavaradan, V. S., Apollo 12 Conf., 3, Houston (1971).
Fleischer, R. L., Price, P. B., and Walker, R. M., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 32, 21 (1968).
Fleischer, R. L., Price, P. B., Walker, R. M., and Maurette, M., J. Geophys. Res., 72, 331 (1967).
Fleischer, R. L., Price, P. B., Walker, R. M., Maurette, M., and Morgan, G., J. Geophys. Res., 72, 355 (1967).
Lal, D., MacDougall, J. D., Wilkening, L., and Arrhenius, G., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 3, 2295 (1970).
Lal, D., Space Sci. Rev., 9, 623 (1969).
Lal, D., Rajan, R. S., and Tamhane, A. S., Nature, 221, 33 (1969).
Henke, R. P., and Benton, E. V., A Computer Code for the Computation of Heavy Ion Range Energy Relationships in any Stopping Material, Report USNRDL–TR–67–122 (1967).
Hyde, E. K., Nuclear Properties of Heavy Elements, 3, 171 (Prentice-Hall, London, 1964).
Viola, V. E., and Seaborg, G. T., J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 28, 697 (1966).
Fleischer, R. L., Price, P. B., Walker, R. M., Filz, R. C., Fukui, K., Friedlander, M. W., Holeman, E., Rajan, R. S., and Tamhane, A. S., Science, 155, 187 (1967).
Price, P. B., Fleischer, R. L., and Moak, C. D., Phys. Rev., 167, 277 (1968).
Shirck, J., Hoppe, M., Maurette, M., and Walker, R. M., Meteorite Research, 41 (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1969).
Rao, M. N., Nucl. Phys., A, 140, 69 (1970).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
BHANDARI, N., BHAT, S., LAL, D. et al. Super-heavy Elements in Extraterrestrial Samples. Nature 230, 219–224 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230219a0
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/230219a0
- Springer Nature Limited
This article is cited by
-
Precision, accuracy and meaning of fission track ages
Journal of Earth System Science (1981)
-
Precision, accuracy and meaning of fission track ages
Journal of Earth System Science (1981)
-
Search for and identification of tracks of fragments from the spontaneous fission of nuclei of superheavy elements in natural minerals
Soviet Atomic Energy (1980)
-
The origin of the tracks of fission fragments in whitlockite from the Bjurb�le meteorite
Soviet Atomic Energy (1977)
-
Tracks from Extinct Radioactivity, Ancient Cosmic Rays, and Calibration Ions
Nature (1973)