Zircon: The metamorphic mineral

D Rubatto - Reviews in mineralogy and geochemistry, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A mineral that forms under conditions as variable as diagenesis to deep subduction, melt
crystallization to low temperature alteration, and that retains information on time …

A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts

M Zhao, N Planavsky, X Wang, Y Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajsonline.org
Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

[HTML][HTML] The formation of Neoarchean continental crust in the south-east Superior Craton by two distinct geodynamic processes

DR Mole, PC Thurston, JH Marsh, RA Stern… - Precambrian …, 2021 - Elsevier
The formation of the continental crust in the early Earth, and the geodynamics that drove it,
are fundamental to understanding the evolution of our planet, but remain intensely debated …

Insight into zircon REE oxy-barometers: A lattice strain model perspective

X Zou, K Qin, X Han, G Li, NJ Evans, Z Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Zircon rare earth element (REE) oxy-barometers have been widely used to calculate magma
oxygen fugacity. However, sometimes confusing results are obtained, such as extremely …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding ancient tectonic settings through detrital zircon analysis

M Barham, CL Kirkland, AD Handoko - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The fertility and heterogeneity of source rocks play important roles in determining the age
distribution of detrital zircon populations that accumulate in sedimentary basins. Detrital …

Tracing an early Jurassic magmatic arc from South to East China Seas

C Xu, L Zhang, H Shi, MR Brix, H Huhma, L Chen… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Drilling has revealed suites of magnesian granite and diorite emplaced in Early Jurassic
time (198–195 Ma) and an arc‐related low‐temperature (678 to 696° C) magmatism in NE …

Destabilization of long‐lived Hadean protocrust and the onset of pervasive hydrous melting at 3.8 Ga

N Drabon, BL Byerly, GR Byerly, JL Wooden… - AGU …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The nature of Earth's earliest crust and crustal processes remain unresolved questions in
Precambrian geology. While some hypotheses suggest that plate tectonics began in the …

Zircon xenocrysts from the Shaka Ridge record ancient continental crust: New U-Pb geochronological and oxygen isotopic data

SG Skublov, NA Rumyantseva, Q Li… - Journal of Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Over the past two decades, a significant number of discoveries of ancient zircon xenocrysts
in ocean-floor magmatic rocks have been reported. These findings provide compelling …

Provenance of multi-stage volcanic ash recorded in the Late Carboniferous coal in the Jungar Coalfield, North China, and their contribution to the enrichment of critical …

S Zhang, W **u, B Sun, Q Liu - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The origins of partings within the Late Carboniferous No. 6 coal in the Jungar Coalfield,
North China, and their relationship to the enrichment of critical metals in the coal, is poorly …

Episodic construction of the early Andean Cordillera unravelled by zircon petrochronology

JJ Jara, F Barra, M Reich, M Leisen, R Romero… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The subduction of oceanic plates beneath continental lithosphere is responsible for
continental growth and recycling of oceanic crust, promoting the formation of Cordilleran …