title: Pb-Pb dating of individual chondrules from the CBachondrite Gujba: Assessment of the impact plume formation model.
abstract: The CB chondrites are metal-rich meteorites with characteristics that sharply distinguish them from other chondrite groups. Their unusual chemical and petrologic features and a young formation age of bulk chondrules dated from the CBachondrite Gujba are interpreted to reflect a single-stage impact origin. Here, we report high-precision internal isochrons for four individual chondrules of the Gujba chondrite to probe the formation history of CB chondrites and evaluate the concordancy of relevant short-lived radionuclide chronometers. All four chondrules define a brief formation interval with a weighted mean age of 4562.49 ± 0.21 Myr, consistent with its origin from the vapor-melt impact plume generated by colliding planetesimals. Formation in a debris disk mostly devoid of nebular gas and dust sets an upper limit for the solar protoplanetary disk lifetime at 4.8 ± 0.3 Myr. Finally, given the well-behaved Pb-Pb systematics of all four chondrules, a precise formation age and the concordancy of the Mn-Cr, Hf-W, and I-Xe short-lived radionuclide relative chronometers, we propose that Gujba may serve as a suitable time anchor for these systems.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Star and Planet Formation, Natural History Museum of Denmark, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bollard
authors.affiliation: Centre for Star and Planet Formation, Natural History Museum of Denmark, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Connelly
authors.affiliation: Centre for Star and Planet Formation, Natural History Museum of Denmark, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bizzarro