Needles in a haystack: Detrital zircon UPb ages and the maximum depositional age of modern global sediment
The practice of using the youngest detrital grains from a sedimentary deposit to constrain its
depositional age has grown rapidly over the past two decades. Researchers that use the …
depositional age has grown rapidly over the past two decades. Researchers that use the …
U-Pb constraints on pulsed eruption of the Deccan Traps across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
Temporal correlation between some continental flood basalt eruptions and mass extinctions
has been proposed to indicate causality, with eruptive volatile release driving environmental …
has been proposed to indicate causality, with eruptive volatile release driving environmental …
High-resolution geochronology of sedimentary strata by U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS zircon geochronology: A review
Sedimentary rocks are one of the most abundant repositories of Earth history, preserving
records of climate change, tectonic events, atmospheric and hydrospheric chemistry, and …
records of climate change, tectonic events, atmospheric and hydrospheric chemistry, and …
The inner workings of crustal distillation columns; the physical mechanisms and rates controlling phase separation in silicic magma reservoirs
Abstract Olivier Bachmann is Professor of volcanology and magmatic petrology at the ETH
Zürich. He obtained his PhD at the University of Geneva, and held positions of post-doctoral …
Zürich. He obtained his PhD at the University of Geneva, and held positions of post-doctoral …
Extreme Zr stable isotope fractionation during magmatic fractional crystallization
Zirconium is a commonly used elemental tracer of silicate differentiation, yet its stable
isotope systematics remain poorly known. Accessory phases rich in Zr4+ such as zircon and …
isotope systematics remain poorly known. Accessory phases rich in Zr4+ such as zircon and …
Timescales for pluton growth, magma-chamber formation and super-eruptions
Generation of silicic magmas leads to emplacement of granite plutons, huge explosive
volcanic eruptions and physical and chemical zoning of continental and arc crust …
volcanic eruptions and physical and chemical zoning of continental and arc crust …
Zircon age spectra to quantify magma evolution
The past decades have seen tremendous advances in analytical capabilities regarding the
sensitivity, spatial selectivity, and instrumental precision of U-Th-Pb zircon geochronology …
sensitivity, spatial selectivity, and instrumental precision of U-Th-Pb zircon geochronology …
[HTML][HTML] High-precision zircon age spectra record the dynamics and evolution of large open-system silicic magma reservoirs
The emplacement history and thermal evolution of subvolcanic magma reservoirs determine
their longevity, size, and ability to feed volcanic eruptions. As zircon saturation is dependent …
their longevity, size, and ability to feed volcanic eruptions. As zircon saturation is dependent …
[HTML][HTML] The importance of high precision in the evaluation of U-Pb zircon age spectra
We present high-precision isotope dilution-thermal ionization mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS)
U-Pb zircon data from the Carboniferous Punteglias granodiorite from the Central Alpine …
U-Pb zircon data from the Carboniferous Punteglias granodiorite from the Central Alpine …
A Bayesian age from dispersed plagioclase and zircon dates in the Los Chocoyos ash, Central America
The eruption that produced the modern Atitlán caldera in Guatemala has a Volcanic
Explosivity Index (VEI)> 8, making it the largest of the Quaternary in the Central American …
Explosivity Index (VEI)> 8, making it the largest of the Quaternary in the Central American …