Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology applied to tectonics

G Gehrels - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2014 - annualreviews.org
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 …

U–Th–Pb zircon geochronology by ID-TIMS, SIMS, and laser ablation ICP-MS: Recipes, interpretations, and opportunities

U Schaltegger, AK Schmitt, MSA Horstwood - Chemical Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
The chronologic record encoded in accessory minerals, based on the radioactive decay of U
and Th, is indispensable to extract quantitative process rates over timescales encompassing …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of widely used methods to derive depositional ages from detrital zircon populations

DS Coutts, WA Matthews, SM Hubbard - Geoscience Frontiers, 2019 - Elsevier
The calculation of a maximum depositional age (MDA) from a detrital zircon sample can
provide insight into a variety of geological problems. However, the impact of sample size …

U–Pb LA–ICPMS dating using accessory mineral standards with variable common Pb

DM Chew, JA Petrus, BS Kamber - Chemical Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Precise and accurate U–Pb LA–ICPMS dating of many U-bearing accessory minerals (eg
apatite, allanite, titanite and rutile) is often compromised by common Pb. LA–ICPMS dating …

What happens when n= 1000? Creating large-n geochronological datasets with LA-ICP-MS for geologic investigations

A Pullen, M Ibáñez-Mejía, GE Gehrels… - Journal of Analytical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The direct age dating of individual mineral components in sedimentary rocks through the
analysis of radiogenic parent and daughter isotopes has been routinely applied to better …

Rapid U‐Pb geochronology by laser ablation multi‐collector ICP‐MS

KE Sundell, GE Gehrels… - Geostandards and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Detrital zircon (DZ) U‐Pb laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐
ICP‐MS) has revolutionised the way geologists approach many Earth science questions …

Optimization of a laser ablation‐single collector‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometer (Thermo Element 2) for accurate, precise, and efficient zircon U‐Th …

A Pullen, M Ibáñez‐Mejia, GE Gehrels… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many applications specific to detrital mineral U‐Th‐Pb geochronology in the Earth sciences
necessitate large numbers of age observations to be made from samples and require …

Petrochronology of zircon and baddeleyite in igneous rocks: Reconstructing magmatic processes at high temporal resolution

U Schaltegger, JHFL Davies - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Zircon (ZrSiO 4) and baddeleyite (ZrO 2) are common accessory minerals in igneous rocks
of felsic to mafic composition. Both minerals host trace elements substituting for Zr, among …

Applications and limitations of U-Pb thermochronology to middle and lower crustal thermal histories

AJ Smye, JH Marsh, P Vermeesch, JM Garber… - Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Volume diffusion of Pb occurs over micron length scales in apatite and rutile at temperatures
relevant to the evolution of the middle and lower crust. Continuous thermal history …

Unraveling crustal growth and reworking processes in complex zircons from orogenic lower-crust: The Proterozoic Putumayo Orogen of Amazonia

M Ibanez-Mejia, A Pullen, J Arenstein, GE Gehrels… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
High-grade basement massifs exposed in the northern Andes and the buried basement of
the adjacent Putumayo foreland basin contain a record of Amazonia's involvement in the …