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 …

[HTML][HTML] Uplift-exhumation and preservation of the Yumugou Mo-W deposit, East Qinling, China: Insights from multiple apatite low-temperature thermochronology

F Yang, G Jepson, C Liu, Z Qian, X Zhang, Y Zhang… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a result of the continued depletion of shallow ore resources, there has been renewed
focus on the tectonic preservation of mineralized systems. Specifically, it is vital to constrain …

Early inception of the Laramide orogeny in southwestern Montana and northern Wyoming: Implications for models of flat‐slab subduction

B Carrapa, PG DeCelles… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Timing and distribution of magmatism, deformation, exhumation, and basin development
have been used to reconstruct the history of Laramide flat‐slab subduction under North …

Effects of U–Th-rich grain boundary phases on apatite helium ages

KE Murray, DA Orme, PW Reiners - Chemical Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Single-grain apatite (U–Th–Sm)/He ages (He ages) from non-detrital samples sometimes
show larger dispersions than can be explained by known sources of age dispersion, such as …

Constraints on Cenozoic tectonics in the southwestern Longmen Shan from low-temperature thermochronology

KL Cook, LH Royden, BC Burchfiel, YH Lee… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Longmen Shan, located at the boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and the
Sichuan Basin, has received considerable attention following the 2008 Wenchuan …

Relief history and denudation evolution of the northern Tibet margin: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar and (U–Th)/He dating and implications for far-field effect of rising …

F Wang, H Feng, W Shi, W Zhang, L Wu, L Yang… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
How does the rising Tibetan Plateau affect its peripheral region? The current understanding
of the mechanism of orogenic plateau development is incomplete and thus no consensus …

Thermochronologic constraints on the origin of the Great Unconformity

KT McDannell, CB Keller, WR Guenthner… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
The origin of the phenomenon known as the Great Unconformity has been a fundamental
yet unresolved problem in the geosciences for over a century. Recent hypotheses advocate …

Detrital thermochronologic record of burial heating and sediment recycling in the Magallanes foreland basin, Patagonian Andes

JC Fosdick, M Grove, SA Graham, JK Hourigan… - Basin …, 2015 - earthdoc.org
Abstract The Patagonian Magallanes retroarc foreland basin affords an excellent case study
of sediment burial recycling within a thrust belt setting. We report combined detrital zircon U …

Cretaceous exhumation of the Triassic intracontinental Xuefengshan Belt: Delayed unroofing of an orogenic plateau across the South China Block?

Y Chu, W Lin, M Faure, MB Allen, Z Feng - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
A large plateau can be produced by crustal thickening in convergent zones such as
continental collision belts and Andean-type subduction zones, but the life cycles of such …

Cryogenian glacial erosion of the central Canadian Shield: The “late” Great Unconformity on thin ice

KT McDannell, CB Keller - Geology, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Great Unconformity has been recognized for more than a century, but only
recently have its origins become a subject of debate. Hypotheses suggest global Snowball …