Comment on "Radiation History of Fossil Meteorites from Sweden" by V.A. Alexeev (2010), Solar System Research, 44, 311-319

Summary, in English

We dispute the claim by Alexeev (2010) that the numerous fossil meteorites found in mid-Ordovician sediments in southern Sweden can be explained by a single large meteorite shower some 470 million years ago, and-in particular-that the reported variable cosmic ray exposure ages derived from cosmogenic Ne-21 in chromite grains extracted from the fossil meteorites actually reflect variable contributions of nucleogenic Ne-21 instead.

• Author: R. Wieler; Carl Alwmark; P. R. Heck; M. M. M. Meier; Birger Schmitz
• Department/s: Lithosphere and Biosphere Science
• Publishing year: 2011
• Language: English
• Pages: 459-461
• Publication/Series: Solar System Research
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 5
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0038094611050121
• Document type: Journal article (comment)
• Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica
• Topic: Geology
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1608-3423