Zircon (U-Th)/he thermochronometry

PW Reiners - Reviews in mineralogy and geochemistry, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
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 …

Past, present, and future of thermochronology

PW Reiners, TA Ehlers… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In one form or another, geochronologists have been practicing thermochronology1, the use
of radioisotopic dating to constrain thermal histories of rocks and minerals, for over 40 years …

(U-Th)/He chronology: Part 1. Data, uncertainty, and reporting

RM Flowers, PK Zeitler, M Danišík, PW Reiners… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The field of (U-Th)/He geochronology and thermochronology has grown enormously over
the past∼ 25 years. The tool is applicable across much of geologic time, new (U-Th)/He …

Earth's impact events through geologic time: a list of recommended ages for terrestrial impact structures and deposits

M Schmieder, DA Kring - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
This article presents a current (as of September 2019) list of recommended ages for proven
terrestrial impact structures (n= 200) and deposits (n= 46) sourced from the primary …

Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: He diffusion and comparisons with 40Ar/39Ar dating

PW Reiners, TL Spell, S Nicolescu… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2004 - Elsevier
(U-Th)/He chronometry of zircon has a wide range of potential applications including
thermochronometry, provided the temperature sensitivity (eg, closure temperature) of the …

Early Cenozoic faulting of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin from apatite (U–Th)/He ages

MK Clark, KA Farley, D Zheng, Z Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
Models to explain the distributed nature of continental deformation predict the propagation of
strain and high topography away from the plate boundary. Yet a growing body of evidence in …

Low‐temperature thermochronometry along the Kunlun and Haiyuan Faults, NE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for kinematic change during late‐stage orogenesis

AR Duvall, MK Clark, E Kirby, KA Farley… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau is a prime example of a collisional orogen with widespread
strike‐slip faults whose age and tectonic significance remain controversial. We present new …

Erosion, fault initiation and topographic growth of the North Qilian Shan (northern Tibetan Plateau)

D Zheng, MK Clark, P Zhang, W Zheng… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract New apatite (U-Th)/He from the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (north
Qilian Shan) indicate rapid cooling began at∼ 10 Ma, which is attributed to the onset of …

Accounting for long alpha-particle stop** distances in (U–Th–Sm)/He geochronology: Refinement of the baseline case

RA Ketcham, C Gautheron, L Tassan-Got - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2011 - Elsevier
This contribution proposes a number of methodological refinements for accounting for
ejection of energetic particles, most particularly in the case of long alpha-particle stop** …

Innovations in (U–Th)/He, fission track, and trapped charge thermochronometry with applications to earthquakes, weathering, surface‐mantle connections, and the …

AK Ault, C Gautheron, GE King - Tectonics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A transformative advance in Earth science is the development of low‐temperature
thermochronometry to date Earth surface processes or quantify the thermal evolution of …