BERYLLIUM PRODUCTION IN EARLY GALACTIC HISTORY

It is suggested that, if most star formation in the Galactic halo occu rred in objects the size of globular clusters, then most of the spalla tion reactions producing beryllium could also have occurred in such ob jects, and that this could have led to the observed approximately line ar relationship between beryllium and oxygen abundances. Furthermore, it is plausible that the relative spallation rates in the halo and the disc could lead to the beryllium-oxygen relationship observed at high er metallicities.