Crust formation age

Arndt N.T. and Goldstein S.L., 1987, Use and abuse of crust-formation ages. Geology, IS,... 

Further, the erosion law factor K, defined in equation (4), regulates the age distribution of eroded material relative to the age structure of the crust. Thus for a given crust mass v. time curve, the three parameters E, R and K fully describe the crust formation and erosion history. In the present modelling E was varied between 0.2 and 1, R from 0.3 to 0.7, and K from 1.5 to 3.5. The approach used and the effective partition coefficients, as well as initial (meteori-tic) concentrations of the trace species are the same as those used by Kramers Tolstikhin (1997) and Nagler Kramers (1998). 

Similar equations can be written for Pb and Pb using their appropriate radioactive parents and decay constants. If t = 0 is taken to represent the time of the formation of the Earth s crust, then these three equations describe the trajectory of the isotopic composition of terrestrial lead from that time. If T is the time elapsed since the formation of the Earth, (i.e., the age of the Earth), and tm is the time before present at which the lead minerals were formed, then, using the assumptions of the Holmes Houtermans model given above, the isotopic composition of a common lead deposit formed tm years ago is given as follows ... 

Phase 3 Continuing formation of amorphous crusts, aging of crusts. Diffusion-limited dissolution of inner glass from ash particles. 

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