Detrital zircon geochronology is rapidly develo** into an essential tool in Earth science
research because of the widespread occurrence of zircon in sedimentary systems; the wide …

The mineralogy of terrestrial planets evolves as a consequence of a range of physical,
chemical, and biological processes. In pre-stellar molecular clouds, widely dispersed …

The Lhasa Terrane in southern Tibet has long been accepted as the last geological block
accreted to Eurasia before its collision with the northward drifting Indian continent in the …

Detrital zircon geochronology is rapidly evolving into a very powerful tool for determining the
provenance and maximum depositional age of clastic strata. This rapid evolution is being …

Twenty four splits from two different GJ-1 reference material zircon crystals were analyzed
for their Lu and Hf concentrations, Lu/Hf and Hf isotopic compositions by solution ID-MC …

The Jiao-Liao-Ji orogenic belt is one of the important Paleoproterozoic mobile belts in the
North China Craton (NCC) and its central segment consists of the North and South Liaohe …

Abstract U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope analyses, obtained by laser ablation-sector field-
inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry on zircon grains from 37 granitoid samples …

Where would Earth science be without zircon? Tiny crystals of zircon occur in many rocks,
and because their atomic structure remains stable over very long periods of geological time …

A combined set of U–Pb and Lu–Hf in sit u laser ablation ICP-(MC)-MS zircon analyses were
obtained from orthogneisses and granitoids in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, which …

Natural zircon crystals incorporate rare earth elements (REE) into their structure at
concentrations determined by the pressure, temperature, and composition of their growth …