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A New Calculation for the Age of the Earth from Abundances of Lead Isotopes

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  1. R. D. RUSSELL & P. H. REYNOLDS

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OSTIC, R., RUSSELL, R. & REYNOLDS, P. A New Calculation for the Age of the Earth from Abundances of Lead Isotopes. Nature 199, 1150–1152 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1991150a0

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