As demonstrated by the chapters in this short course, stable isotope techniques are an
important tool in almost every branch of the earth sciences. Central to many of these …

Understanding how processes occurring on a wide range of temporal and spatial scales
combine to produce a stable dynamic Earth is a major goal of the Earth scientist …

An empirical calibration for the quartz-calcite thermometer was derived from measured Δ 18
O (qz-cc) values from greenschist-facies marbles, veins composed of cogenetic quartz and …

An empirical model for predicting oxygen diffusivity from anion porosity is presented for a
wide range of minerals. It is based on the examination of experimental diffusion data under …

The genesis of hypozonal orogenic gold deposits is highly controversial, with both crustal
metamorphic fluids and variously derived sub-crustal fluids suggested as fluid and metal …

As a rule of thumb, diffusion along grain boundaries is several orders of magnitude faster
than within minerals and hence it could enable mass transport on much larger spatial scales …

The Qinglongshan isotope anomaly has unusually low values of both δ18O and δD. Grnets
from coesite-bearing eclogite are as low as− 11‰(VSMOW) and rutiles are− 15‰ …

Fluid availability during high‐grade metamorphism is a critical factor in dictating petrological,
geochemical and isotopic reequilibration between metamorphic minerals, with fluid‐absent …

Knowledge of the cooling rate of newly formed lower oceanic crust is critical in constraining
models of crustal accretion and hydrothermal circulation at mid-ocean ridges. In this study …

Factors controlling closure in the biotite Rb-Sr system were investigated in a detailed study
of an amphibolite-facies metacarbonate from the central Swiss Alps. Oxygen isotope data …