Extinct 129I in halite from a primitive meteorite:: Evidence for evaporite formation in the early solar system

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Whitby, J [1 ]
Burgess, R
Turner, G
Gilmour, J
Bridges, J
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[1] Univ Manchester, Dept Earth Sci, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
[2] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Mineral, London SW7 5BD, England
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10.1126/science.288.5472.1819
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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Halite crystals from the Zag H3-6 chondrite contain essentially pure (monoisotopic) xenon-129 (Xe-129) produced in the early history of the solar system by the decay of short-lived iodine-129 (I-129) (half-Life = 15.7 million years). Correlated release of Xe-129 and Xe-128, produced artificially from I-127 by neutron irradiation, corresponds to an initial (I-129/I-127) ratio of (1.35 +/- 0.05) x 10(-4), close to the most primitive early solar system value. If the Xe-129 was produced by in situ decay. then the halite formed from an aqueous fluid within 2 million years of the oldest known solar system minerals.
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