Zircon-and bulk-rock Zr-based thermometric parameters have become fundamental to
petrogenetic models of magmatism, from which broader geochronological and tectonic …

The composition of “heavy,” or accessory, detrital minerals in sediments and sedimentary
rocks has been a topic of quantitative study for at least the last seventy years, beginning with …

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 …

In a recent review published in this journal, Coutts et al.(2019) compared nine different ways
to estimate the maximum depositional age (MDA) of siliclastic rocks by means of detrital …

Since the development of SIMS and LA-ICP-MS technologies in the 1980s and 1990s,
single grain U–Pb dating of detrital zircon has quickly become the most popular technique …

Impact glasses found in lunar soils provide a possible window into the impact history of the
inner solar system. However, their use for precise reconstruction of this history is limited by …

Neoproterozoic pre-rifting granitoids are widespread in the Yangtze craton, South China.
Mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical characteristics indicate that there are two …

Because monazite is extremely rich in U and Th, radiogenic Pb (∗ Pb) accumulates very
quickly, and reaches, in about 100 Ma, a level where it is possible to analyse it with the …

▪ Abstract Fission track analysis as a geological dating tool was first proposed in the early
1960s. The past 10 years has seen a major expansion in application to more general …

U–Pb ages of detrital zircons in clastic sediments are potential indicators of sedimentary
provenance and crustal evolution. To extract geologically significant information from such …