Contents ...................................................... iii
Introduction .................................................... v
Contributors .................................................. vii
1 Cosmic-Ray Exposure Ages of Meteorites ....................... 1
G.F. HERZOG, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
2 Early Solar System Chronology ............................... 35
K.D. MCKEEGAN, University of California, Los Angeles, CA,
USA
A.M. DAVIS, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
3 The Origin and Earliest History of the Earth ................ 71
A.N. HALLIDAY, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule,
Zürich, Switzerland
4 Long-Lived Chronometers .................................... 119
M. WADHWA, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
5 The Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry of Impacts ............. 143
C. KOEBERL, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
6 Geochronology and Thermochronology in Orogenic Systems ..... 193
К.V. HODGES, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, USA
7 Ages and Growth of the Continental Crust from Radiogenic
Isotopes ................................................... 223
P.J. PATCHETT, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
S.D. SAMSON, Syracuse University, NY, USA
8 Radiocarbon ................................................ 251
W.S. BROECKER, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Palisades, NY, USA
9 Natural Radionuclides in the Atmosphere .................... 269
К.K. TUREKIAN and W.C. GRAUSTEIN, Yale University, New
Haven, CT, USA
10 Groundwater Dating and Residence-Time Measurements ......... 289
F.M. PHILLIPS, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, USA
M.C. CASTRO, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
11 Cosmogenic Nuclides in Weathering and Erosion .............. 335
D.E. GRANGER, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
C.S. RIEBE, Stillwater Sciences, Berkeley, CA, USA
12 Geochronometry of Marine Deposits .......................... 377
К.K. TUREKIAN, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
M.P. BACON, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA
13 Chronometry of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks ............. 399
W.B.N. BERRY, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
14 The Early History of Life .................................. 425
E.G. NISBET and С.M.R. FOWLER, Royal Holloway,
University of London, Egham, UK
15 Heavy Metals in the Environment—Historical Trends .......... 463
E. CALLENDER, US Geological Survey, Westerly, Rl, USA
Appendix 1 .................................................... 501
Appendix 2 .................................................... 502
Appendix 3 .................................................... 506
Appendix 4 .................................................... 507
Index ......................................................... 509
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