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Table 2

Cooling rates (in K Ma−1) determined for L chondrites.

Type Meth. (a) Temp. Rate Time (b) Used Refs.
Meteorite (K) (K Ma−1) Ma
Ausson L5 Pu-ft 560–370 2.2 (+1.3,−0.7) (2)
Shaw L7 Pu-ft 600–365 1.9 (2)
Mezö-Madaras L3 met 773 2 (4)
Adelie Land L5 met 773 2 (4)
Ausson L5 met 773 1–100 (1), (4)
Elenovka L5 met 773 4 (3), (4)
Bruderheim L6 met 773 12 (4)
Holbrook L6 met 773 100–200 (4)
Kandahar L6 met 773 6 (3), (4)
Mocs L5-6 met 773 20 (3), (4)
Tillaberi L6 met 773 400 (4)
Waconda L6 met 773 4 (3), (4)
Shaw L7 met 773 103–104 (4)
Barwell L5 W-diff ~1100 22 ± 10 7.6 ± 0.7 (5)
Bruderheim L6 W-diff ~1100 14 ± 6 10.4 ± 0.8 (5)

Notes. Data of meteorites marked with a hook are used for model optimisation. (a) Pu-ft: plutonium fission tracks, met: metallographic cooling rates, W-diff: W diffusion between silicates and metal. (b) Time after CAI formation.

References.(1) Wood (1967); (2) Pellas & Störzer (1981); (3) Taylor & Heymann (1971); (4) Willis & Goldstein (1982); (5) Hellmann et al. (2019).

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