Sourcing the sand: Accessory mineral fertility, analytical and other biases in detrital U-Pb provenance analysis

D Chew, G O'Sullivan, L Caracciolo, C Mark… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Interpreting the wealth of new data derived from the diverse suite of modern single-grain
provenance approaches available to a sedimentologist requires a thorough understanding …

Needles in a haystack: Detrital zircon UPb ages and the maximum depositional age of modern global sediment

GR Sharman, MA Malkowski - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The practice of using the youngest detrital grains from a sedimentary deposit to constrain its
depositional age has grown rapidly over the past two decades. Researchers that use the …

On the treatment of discordant detrital zircon U–Pb data

P Vermeesch - Geochronology Discussions, 2020 - gchron.copernicus.org
Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology is a staple of sedimentary provenance analysis and
crustal evolution studies. Constructing detrital age spectra is straightforward for concordant …

Analyses from a validated global UPb detrital zircon database: Enhanced methods for filtering discordant UPb zircon analyses and optimizing crystallization age …

SJ Puetz, CJ Spencer, CE Ganade - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Determining the “best age” of individual grains from Usingle bondPb detrital zircon analyses
remains problematic, with the current system generally relying on an arbitrary cut-off age for …

U–Pb geochronology of Variscan granitoids from the Moroccan Meseta (Northwest Africa): tectonic implications

F Chopin, R Leprêtre, M El Houicha, AS Tabaud… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper present new U–Pb geochronological data (LA-ICP MS on zircon) of granitoids
from the Moroccan Meseta Variscan belt. Zircons from the Oulad Ouaslam granodiorite in …

Atomic spectrometry update–a review of advances in environmental analysis

JR Bacon, OT Butler, WRL Cairns, O Cavoura… - Journal of Analytical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the field of air analysis, highlights within this review period included: new isotopic data for
reference dust materials; a new device for preparing and mounting delicate air filter samples …

Detrital garnet geochronology by in situ U‐Pb and Lu‐Hf analysis: A case study from the European Alps

C Mark, G O'Sullivan, S Glorie… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Detrital geochronology employing the widely‐used zircon U‐Pb proxy is biased toward
igneous events and metamorphic anatexis; additionally, zircon is highly refractory and …

The zircon story of the Pearl River (China) from Cretaceous to present

J He, E Garzanti, L Cao, H Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The modern Pearl River originates from SE Tibet and debouches into the South
China Sea. The development of the Pearl River is closely related to the evolving topography …

Using volcaniclastic rocks to constrain sedimentation ages: To what extent are volcanism and sedimentation synchronous?

C Rossignol, E Hallot, S Bourquin, M Poujol… - Sedimentary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Volcaniclastic rocks are commonly used to date sedimentary series since absolute ages are
routinely obtained from several geochronological methods. In this work, we present five …

Inherited grain‐size distributions: Effect on heavy‐mineral assemblages in modern and ancient sediments

S Feil, H von Eynatten, I Dunkl… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy‐mineral suites are used widely in sandstone provenance and are key when
connecting source and sink. When characterizing provenance related signatures, it is …