Four international standards,Ga1550,MMhb-1,Lp-6,Bern 4M,and one domesticstandard BT-1 have been intercalibrated.The repeated measurements on MMhb-1 with different massdemonstrate that MMhb-1 is inhomogeneous in age an...Four international standards,Ga1550,MMhb-1,Lp-6,Bern 4M,and one domesticstandard BT-1 have been intercalibrated.The repeated measurements on MMhb-1 with different massdemonstrate that MMhb-1 is inhomogeneous in age and its average age is 519.8 Ma.The results of Bern4M and Lp-6 reflect that they have an invariable value of^(40)Ar*/^(39)Ar_(k)(F)and the ages weobtained are consensus with their K-Ar age:Lp-6=127.7Ma;Bern 4M=18.2 Ma.Analyses of BT-1 agespectra,Ca/K and Cl/K spectra as well as inverse isochrons indicate that the sample is homogeneousand invariable and keeps close chemically,with its trapped argon isotope composition close to theatmosphere.The dating results show that age values are reproducible and steady,total fusion age,step-heating age,plateau age and isochron age are in accord with each other within the error range(2σ).Therefore,we recommend 28.7 Ma as the calibrated age of BT-1.We also discuss the variationin neutron flux gradients of Beijing 49-2 reactor.It was found that the neutron flux gradientvaries considerably,and more monitors(standard samples)are needed to fix the trend of variation.The coefficient of the 49-2 reactor that transfers the ratio of production rate of^(37)Ar_(Ca)/^(39)Ar_(K) into Ca/K ratio is 1.78.This is different from that reported earlier,2.0,which may be caused by the reconstruction of the reactor.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40473031).
文摘Four international standards,Ga1550,MMhb-1,Lp-6,Bern 4M,and one domesticstandard BT-1 have been intercalibrated.The repeated measurements on MMhb-1 with different massdemonstrate that MMhb-1 is inhomogeneous in age and its average age is 519.8 Ma.The results of Bern4M and Lp-6 reflect that they have an invariable value of^(40)Ar*/^(39)Ar_(k)(F)and the ages weobtained are consensus with their K-Ar age:Lp-6=127.7Ma;Bern 4M=18.2 Ma.Analyses of BT-1 agespectra,Ca/K and Cl/K spectra as well as inverse isochrons indicate that the sample is homogeneousand invariable and keeps close chemically,with its trapped argon isotope composition close to theatmosphere.The dating results show that age values are reproducible and steady,total fusion age,step-heating age,plateau age and isochron age are in accord with each other within the error range(2σ).Therefore,we recommend 28.7 Ma as the calibrated age of BT-1.We also discuss the variationin neutron flux gradients of Beijing 49-2 reactor.It was found that the neutron flux gradientvaries considerably,and more monitors(standard samples)are needed to fix the trend of variation.The coefficient of the 49-2 reactor that transfers the ratio of production rate of^(37)Ar_(Ca)/^(39)Ar_(K) into Ca/K ratio is 1.78.This is different from that reported earlier,2.0,which may be caused by the reconstruction of the reactor.
