Applications and limitations of U-Pb thermochronology to middle and lower crustal thermal histories

AJ Smye, JH Marsh, P Vermeesch, JM Garber… - Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Volume diffusion of Pb occurs over micron length scales in apatite and rutile at temperatures
relevant to the evolution of the middle and lower crust. Continuous thermal history …

Accurate Hf isotope determinations of complex zircons using the “laser ablation split stream” method

CM Fisher, JD Vervoort… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The “laser ablation split stream”(LASS) technique is a powerful tool for mineral‐scale
isotope analyses and in particular, for concurrent determination of age and Hf isotope …

Lead isotope analysis of melt inclusions by LA-MC-ICP-MS

L Zhang, ZY Ren, ARL Nichols, YH Zhang… - Journal of Analytical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Pb isotope compositions of melt inclusions provide unique information about the
composition of primary magmas and their source. In this study, we have developed a …

Simultaneous measurement of sulfur and lead isotopes in sulfides using nanosecond laser ablation coupled with two multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass …

H Yuan, X Liu, L Chen, Z Bao, K Chen, C Zong… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
We herein report the coupling of a nanosecond laser ablation system with a large-scale
multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (Nu1700 MC-ICPMS, NP …

Laser ablation split-stream analysis of the Sm-Nd and U-Pb isotope compositions of monazite, titanite, and apatite–Improvements, potential reference materials, and …

CM Fisher, AM Bauer, Y Luo, C Sarkar, JM Hanchar… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Continued improvements in both ICPMS (inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry)
and laser ablation technologies are fueling advancements in accessory mineral …

Unraveling crustal growth and reworking processes in complex zircons from orogenic lower-crust: The Proterozoic Putumayo Orogen of Amazonia

M Ibanez-Mejia, A Pullen, J Arenstein, GE Gehrels… - Precambrian …, 2015 - Elsevier
High-grade basement massifs exposed in the northern Andes and the buried basement of
the adjacent Putumayo foreland basin contain a record of Amazonia's involvement in the …

In situ determination of trace elements in melt inclusions using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry

L Zhang, ZY Ren, XP **a, Q Yang… - … in Mass Spectrometry, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale In situ trace element analysis of melt inclusions by laser ablation inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) provides important geochemistry …

Toward refining the onset age of Sturtian glaciation in South China

Z Lan, MH Huyskens, K Lu, XH Li, G Zhang, D Lu… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neoproterozoic glaciations have drawn worldwide attention in recent years because of their
influence on atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and potential causal …

U–Th–Pb geochronology and simultaneous analysis of multiple isotope systems in geological samples by LA-MC-ICP-MS

LW **e, NJ Evans, YH Yang, C Huang… - Journal of Analytical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Laser ablation single/multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-
SC/MC-ICP-MS) has become one of the most widely used in situ micro-analytical tools for …

Ultrafast,> 50 Hz LA‐ICP‐MS Spot Analysis Applied to U–Pb Dating of Zircon and other U‐Bearing Minerals

D Chew, K Drost, JA Petrus - Geostandards and Geoanalytical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
LA‐ICP‐MS U–Pb detrital zircon studies typically analyse 50–200 grains per sample, with
the consequent risk that minor but geologically important age components (eg, the youngest …