The tungsten isotopic composition of the Earth's mantle before the terminal bombardment

M Willbold, T Elliott, S Moorbath - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract Many precious,'iron-loving'metals, such as gold, are surprisingly abundant in the
accessible parts of the Earth, given the efficiency with which core formation should have …

182Hf-182W isotope systematics of chondrites, eucrites, and martian meteorites: Chronology of core formation and early mantle differentiation in Vesta and Mars

T Kleine, K Mezger, C Münker, H Palme… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004 - Elsevier
The timescale of accretion and differentiation of asteroids and the terrestrial planets can be
constrained using the extinct 182Hf-182W isotope system. We present new Hf-W data for …

New Half-Life Measurement of : Improved Chronometer for the Early Solar System

C Vockenhuber, F Oberli, M Bichler, I Ahmad… - Physical Review Letters, 2004 - APS
The decay of H f 182, now extinct, into stable W 182 has developed into an important
chronometer for studying early solar system processes such as the accretion and …

Hf–W evidence for rapid differentiation of iron meteorite parent bodies

A Scherstén, T Elliott, C Hawkesworth, S Russell… - Earth and Planetary …, 2006 - Elsevier
New, high-precision W isotope data on iron meteorites are presented that provide important
constraints on the timing of silicate–metal segregation in planetesimals. Magmatic iron …

Tungsten isotopic compositions of iron meteorites: chronological constraints vs. cosmogenic effects

A Markowski, G Quitté, AN Halliday, T Kleine - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2006 - Elsevier
High-precision W isotopic compositions are presented for 35 iron meteorites from 7
magmatic groups (IC, IIAB, IID, IIIAB, IIIF, IVA, and IVB) and 3 non-magmatic groups (IAB …

A review of W and Sn isotopes and insights into their emerging applications in ore deposit geology

Z Luo, H Li, M Ghaderi, D Zhu, W Jiang… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the advancements in multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometry (MC–ICP–MS) technology have significantly enhanced our understanding of …

Correlated helium-3 and tungsten isotopes in iron meteorites: quantitative cosmogenic corrections and planetesimal formation times

A Markowski, I Leya, G Quitté, K Ammon… - Earth and Planetary …, 2006 - Elsevier
Core formation in planetesimals can, in principle, be dated using the short-lived 182Hf–
182W chronometer. However, it has been predicted that burnout and production of W …

Hafnium–tungsten chronometry of angrites and the earliest evolution of planetary objects

A Markowski, G Quitté, T Kleine, AN Halliday… - Earth and Planetary …, 2007 - Elsevier
Angrites are amongst the oldest basalts in the solar system and their origins are enigmatic,
some even proposing the planet Mercury as the parent body (APB). Whatever their exact …

An improved extraction chromatographic purification of tungsten from a silicate matrix for high precision isotopic measurements using MC-ICPMS

QF Mei, JH Yang, YH Yang - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
An improved chemical method is developed to accurately measure the W isotopic
compositions of silicate samples with a precision of better than±0.05 ε on ε182W. Compared …

Tungsten isotopic analysis on six geochemical reference materials using multiple collector-ICP-mass spectrometry coupled with a rhenium-external correction …

K Irisawa, T Hirata - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
We have measured 182W/183W, 184W/183W, and 186W/183W ratios for two W standard
solutions (NIST-3163 and JMC-22841) and six geochemical reference materials (JB-3, JA-3 …