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- Title
Accelerated Nuclear Decay in the Light of New Experimental Data.
- Authors
Loechelt, Gary H.
- Abstract
One of the lines of evidence for accelerated nuclear decay promoted by young-earth creationists (YECs) is the high retention of helium in zircon crystals from a borehole in Fenton Hill, New Mexico, United States. More recent measurements of zircon samples from the Continental Deep Drilling Program, Germany, contradict this result. A model of the helium diffusion ages from that site shows that retention of helium is possible in these zircons for millions of years, consistent with the conventional radiometric age of the samples. A possible explanation for this discrepancy is the diffusion behavior of helium in zircon at relatively low temperatures below about 350 °C. The kinetic mechanisms of the low-temperature diffusion are discussed, along with possible implications for the accelerated nuclear decay hypothesis.
- Publication
Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith, 2020, Vol 72, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0892-2675
- Publication type
Academic Journal