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Evidence of a new isotopic anomaly from titanium isotopic ratios in meteoric materials

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Titanium isotopic ratios in some terrestrial and meteoritic materials have been measured. Most have the same ratios within the experimental precisions. Some inclusion materials from the Allende meteorite have a statistically significant enhancement of the order of 1‰ in the 50/49 ratio, probably due to a nucleogenic anomaly in 50Ti abundance.

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  1. Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia

    H. R. Heydegger, J. J. Foster & W. Compston

  2. Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, Calumet Campus, Hammond, Indiana, 46323

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  3. Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637

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Heydegger, H., Foster, J. & Compston, W. Evidence of a new isotopic anomaly from titanium isotopic ratios in meteoric materials. Nature 278, 704–707 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/278704a0

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