Detrital zircon geochronology is rapidly develo** into an essential tool in Earth science
research because of the widespread occurrence of zircon in sedimentary systems; the wide …

A number of features of zircon (ZrSiO4), including high U-Th concentrations, high
abundance in a wide range of lithologies, refractory nature under metamorphic and some …

Molecular oxygen (O2) is, and has been, a primary driver of biological evolution and shapes
the contemporary landscape of Earth's biogeochemical cycles. Although “whiffs” of oxygen …

Appearance of metazoans with mineralized skeletons,“explosion” in biotic diversity and
disparity, infaunalization of the substrate, occurrence of metazoan Konservat Fossil …

Detrital zircon geochronology is rapidly evolving into a very powerful tool for determining the
provenance and maximum depositional age of clastic strata. This rapid evolution is being …

Concordant U–Pb zircon dates have been interpreted traditionally to date the crystallization
ages of plutons because until recently analytical uncertainties have generally been large …

Winner, 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for Science Writing Among the major events
in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. The Rise of …

Based on analyses of single, thermally annealed and chemically abraded zircons, a new
high-precision U–Pb age of 251.22±0.20 Ma is established for a volcanic ash layer within …

Igneous rocks of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) have lithologic associations (ophiolites,
calc-alkaline igneous rocks, immature sediments) and radiogenic isotopic compositions …

Porphyry Cu–Mo deposits, related to the Miocene adakitic porphyries from the Gangdese
porphyry copper belt in the southern Tibet, formed in a post-collisional setting. Here, we …