Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Origin and Age of Meteorites

Nature volume 175, pages 321–323 (1955)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Paneth, F. A., et al., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 3, 257 (1953).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Bauer, C. A., Phys. Rev., 74, 225, 501 (1948).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Huntley, H. E., Nature, 161, 354 (1948).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Urey, H. C., and Craig, H., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 4, 36 (1953).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. See, for example, the La Lande, New Mexico, chondrite. Beck, C. W., Stevenson, jun., R. G., and LaPaz, L., Pop. Astro., 59, No. 2, 93 ff. (February 1951).

  6. For a suggested course of events see Urey, H. C., and Craig, H., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 4, 72 (1953).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Wasserburg, G. J., and Hayden, R. J., Phys. Rev. (in the press).

  8. Edwards, G., and Urey, H. C., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta (in the press).

  9. Gerling, E. K., and Pavlova, T. G., Doklady Akademii Nauk, U.S.S.R., 77, 85 (1951).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Patterson, C., and Hayden, R., Phys. Rev. (in the press).

  11. See Wyatt, jun., S. P., and Whipple, F. L., Astrophys. J., 11, 134 (1950).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. Wahl, W., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 2, 91 (1952).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Wahl, W., loc. cit., see illustrations on pp. 93 and 94 particularly.

  14. Boston meeting of the Amer. Assoo. Adv. Sci., December 1953.

  15. Urey, H. C., Astrophys. J., Supp. 1, 172 (1954).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Nuclear Studies, University of Chicago,

    HAROLD C. UREY

Authors
  1. HAROLD C. UREY
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

UREY, H. Origin and Age of Meteorites. Nature 175, 321–323 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175321a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/175321a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing