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MY analysis1 of the method of estimating the age of the earth's crust from lead isotope ratios has been attacked by Holmes2.
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JEFFREYS, H. Lead Isotopes and the Age of the Earth. Nature 164, 1046–1047 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641046b0
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