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 …

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are the products of exceptional magmatic events that played
important roles in tectonic plate reorganizations, environmental crises, energy resource …

The rise of complex macroscopic life occurred during the Ediacaran Period, an interval that
witnessed large-scale disturbances to biogeochemical systems. The current Ediacaran …

The end-Cretaceous event was catastrophic for terrestrial communities worldwide, yet its
long-lasting effect on tropical forests remains largely unknown. We quantified plant …

Temporal correlation between some continental flood basalt eruptions and mass extinctions
has been proposed to indicate causality, with eruptive volatile release driving environmental …

The LA‐ICP‐MS U‐(Th‐) Pb geochronology international community has defined new
standards for the determination of U‐(Th‐) Pb ages. A new workflow defines the appropriate …

Granitoids of the tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) series dominate Earth's earliest
continental crust. The geochemical diversity of TTGs is ascribed to several possible …

The end-Triassic extinction is one of the Phanerozoic's largest mass extinctions. This
extinction is typically attributed to climate change associated with degassing of basalt flows …

Finely preserved fossil assemblages (lagerstätten) provide crucial insights into evolutionary
innovations in deep time. We report an exceptionally preserved Early Triassic fossil …

The Moon has had a complex history, with evidence of its primary crust formation obscured
by later impacts. Existing U-Pb dates of> 500 zircons from several locations on the lunar …