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

Zircon U-Pb dating is the most commonly used method for isotopic geochronology.
However, it has been a difficult issue when relating zircon U-Pb ages to metamorphic …

The first significant buildup in atmospheric oxygen, the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), began
in the early Paleoproterozoic in association with global glaciations and continued until 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 …

This study reports zircon LA-ICPMS U–Pb ages of 50 igneous rock samples from the
Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic arc (UDMA) and Sanandaj–Sirjan structural zone (SSZ) in Iran …

Zircon has long been recognized as the best geochronometer and the most important
timekeeper in geosciences. Modern microbeam techniques such as SIMS and LA‐ICPMS …

Rutile is the most common naturally occurring titanium dioxide polymorph and is widely
distributed as an accessory mineral in metamorphic rocks ranging from greenschist to …

The chronologic record encoded in accessory minerals, based on the radioactive decay of U
and Th, is indispensable to extract quantitative process rates over timescales encompassing …

Invited Technical Paper High quality analytical data are essential for the development of
sound scientific interpretations. To ensure the quality of the data published in Chemical …

Baddeleyite has long been recognized as one of the most important U-bearing minerals for
dating silica undersaturated igneous rocks. Age determination of baddeleyite calls for …