The absolute chronology and thermal processing of solids in the solar protoplanetary disk

James Connelly, Martin Bizzarro, Alexander N. Krot, Åke Nordlund, Daniel Kim Peel Wielandt, Marina A. Ivanova

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Abstract

Transient heating events that formed calcium-aluminum - rich inclusions (CAIs) and chondrules are fundamental processes in the evolution of the solar protoplanetary disk, but their chronology is not understood. Using U-corrected Pb-Pb dating, we determined absolute ages of individual CAIs and chondrules from primitive meteorites. CAIs define a brief formation interval corresponding to an age of 4567.30 ± 0.16 million years (My), whereas chondrule ages range from 4567.32 ± 0.42 to 4564.71 ± 0.30 My. These data refute the long-held view of an age gap between CAIs and chondrules and, instead, indicate that chondrule formation started contemporaneously with CAIs and lasted ~3 My. This time scale is similar to disk lifetimes inferred from astronomical observations, suggesting that the formation of CAIs and chondrules reflects a process intrinsically linked to the secular evolution of accretionary disks.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftScience
Vol/bind338
Udgave nummer6107
Sider (fra-til)651-655
Antal sider5
ISSN0036-8075
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2 nov. 2012

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