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POTASSIUM—ARGON AGE OF THE RACO METEORITE (ARGENTINA)
Author(s) -
González Rafael R.,
Cabrera Manuel A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1971.tb00107.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , potassium , fell , geology , materials science , astrobiology , metallurgy , paleontology , biology
The Raco meteorite fell in Raco, a small village in the Province of Tucumán, Argentina, on November 17, 1957. In the Centro de Pesquisas Geocronologicas of the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), the authors determined its K‐Ar age: 4.400±28 m.y.