SUBJECT INDEX
radioactivity, 22, 23,235
accelerator massspectrometry
(AMS),9,116 ^118,133
acceptability,171,172
accretion,51,124,199 , 200, 203,
204,341,342,344,345^348,
352^353,354
accuracy, 9^10,159,497
activity,18,19,45,48,49,54^55,57 ,
89, 90,114,115,118,120,122,
129,139, 207, 209, 213, 277 ,
291,
323,41 5,423,425,426,451
AGBstar,149
age
apparent,62,64,66,67,74,76,
78,96,163,171,172,181,182,
201,214,218, 292,470
of theatmosphere,292,343^345
of theEarth,25 ,39,155,193^200,
207,210, 296,299^302,301,
313,345^348
statistics,172,197
Amitsoq, 84,183,184,185,193, 225
Antarctica,
409,412,41 5 ,419^421
Archean,185^186,192,193, 258,
341,430
argon,11, 23,34,35,59,61 ,63 ,64,
65,74,76,77,111,129,162,180,
277, 278, 280,281, 284,
288^290,291,343
atom,5,13,108,120,138,139
atomic number (A),1,141,143,146
Australia,72,78 ,79,100
,184,185,
186,193, 274^277
radioactivity, 22^23,36,112,142,
144,21 7
basalts,85 ,133,134,191,198, 218,
220^221,226,227^228,231,
237, 24 0,250,251, 282, 283,
301,31 5,318,324,335,340,
430,470,47 1
belemnite,383,384
beryllium-10,29,123^125
BigBang,139,150,151,207,209
biologicaleffects,370^371
biotite,32,59,62,63,64,66,67 ,68,
77,82,94,181,182,216, 218,389
Bulk Earth,237,240,241,242,243,
244,247,251,260, 276,305,
323,326,347,350
carbon-14,13,29,112^126
carb onatite,98, 232
carbon isotopes,118,119
chemicalgeodynamics,
313^341,438
chondrites,91 ,93 ,236,346
closed system,59^61,
69,70,76,80,
81,118,195,196,199,223, 230,
282, 284, 297, 29 9,30 6,345,
376^381,404,405
cogenetic,63,70,71,79,81,84,87,
88,89,171,172
collector,4,5,6,7, 9,100,281,359
concordant age^disc ordant
age,70
concordia,69^75,78,86,94,95, 98,
99,103,
172,181,182,184,185,
187,214, 21 7, 218
continental crust,193,199, 221,
222,223, 226,227, 231, 237,
239, 24 0,241, 242, 243, 24 4,
247,248^277 ,279,289, 29 0,
295,300,301,302,309,310,
311,312,313,314,315,318,32 1,
322,328,329 ,330,33 1,332,
334,335
,339,341,348,350,
353,423,436,442,450,451,
466,467
continentalgrowth,449
correlations,78^94,164,165,173,
174,17 7 ^180,18 6,221,235,
236^239,24 0, 241, 245^247,
248, 286,287, 292, 293,303,
304,305,311,312,313,32 1,336,
337,362,363,377,399,400,
403,
405,409,416,427,470
cosmictimescale,155, 20 0^21 5
cosmochronology,205^20 9
cosmogenicisotopes,105^152, 204
covari ance,164,165,173,17 7,18 0
cross-section,42,112,126,127 ,128,
129,142,145,384
decay
constants,19,21,29,31,32,35,
54^57 ,69,71,113,145,161,169,
188,235, 294,296,30 9,348,
450,457,460
multiple,
33^ 35
detritial zircons,78,172,181,
274^277,353
diffusion,14,15,64^67 ,72,75,76,
162,172 , 214, 233,36 8,373,375
distillation,377^381,394,395,429
double collection mass
spectrometer,359^361,382,
432,433
dupal,305,30 6,307,338,436,437
dynamics systems,393,436^472
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Nd
notation,186,235^236,237,
246, 260,35 1
Earth
core, 289, 299^302,345^348
earlyhistoryof,277,291,341^353
Eldorastock,68,181^183
electron
capture radioactivity,22^23,138
multiplied,3,360
erosion rate,132,133,134,137
errors,16,17,18,38,55,57 ,94,118,
134,161,16 4,165,166,176,183,
189, 214,253,311,36 0,387
exposure ages,
111,112,126^137
extinctradioactivity,49^54,91 ,
138,15 0, 201, 204, 208,291,
342,353
fission,23^25,35,41 ,42,53,77,109 ,
192, 279,290, 291, 292