Template:Did you know nominations/Lutetium-hafnium dating


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 06:06, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Lutetium-hafnium dating

 * ... that several parts per million of lutetium and hafnium in rocks and minerals can help scientist investigate regional scale tectonic events such as subduction and regional metamorphism? Source:
 * ALT1:... that the exotic metal lutetium decays to the heavy metal hafnium, so that it can be used to date ancient rocks? Source:
 * ALT2:... that the exotic metal lutetium decays to the heavy metal hafnium, so they can be used to date ancient rocks?
 * Reviewed: Shooting of Benjamin Marconi
 * Comment: part of University of Hong Kong/Regional Geology (Fall Semester 2017)
 * Comment: I have suggested slight rewording of ALT1, see ALT2. Sylwia Ufnalska (talk) 16:29, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Moved to mainspace by GeoJeremy (talk). Nominated by Graeme Bartlett (talk) at 05:41, 18 November 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. Of the suggested hooks, I prefer ALT2. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:46, 1 December 2017 (UTC)