Determination of the age of the earth from the isotopic composition of meteoritic lead

1953/12/01 by F. G. Houtermans · 1 voice · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science

paper · doi:10.1007/bf02781658

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• Fritz Houtermans calculated that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old - a figure that is virtually unchanged today See: doi.org/10.1007/BF02... He was working from data collected by Clair Patterson, w [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]