PROBLEMS RELATED TO INTERPLANETARY MATTER.

Abstract

CONTENTS: The origin of the solar system; Comments on the time dependence of nucleo-synthesis; Xenon in stone meteorites; Primordial argon and neon in stone meteorites; Cosmic ray ages of iron meteorites; Argon-37, Argon-39 and tritium in recent meteorite falls; The distribution of rare gases in iron meteorites; Cosmic ray production of radioactive nuclides in iron meteorites; Cosmogenic nuclides in the hamlet meteorite; The high energy cosmic ray spectrum; Lower energy cosmic rays and the solar cycle; On the geophysical and geonuclear significance of the earth's radiation belts; Micrometeorite studies from earth satellites; Exploration of the moon and planets; Diamonds in meteorites; Heavy-element activation analyses of meteorites; Strontium and rubidium in stone meteorites; Secular changes in the concentration of atmospheric radiocarbon; Radium-uranium age determinations on marine shells; and Oxygen isotope measurements in glacial ice.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0621241

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cosmic Rays
  • Elements
  • Energy
  • High Energy
  • Isotopes
  • Meteorites
  • Radiation
  • Solar Cycle
  • Solar System
  • Time Dependence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Solar Physics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space