Template:Did you know nominations/Lutetium-hafnium dating
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 06:06, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
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Lutetium-hafnium dating
[edit]- ... 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).
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)
