A number of features of zircon (ZrSiO4), including high U-Th concentrations, high
abundance in a wide range of lithologies, refractory nature under metamorphic and some …

The ability of crystalline zircon (ZrSiO4) to incorporate and retain trace element and isotopic
information, due to sluggish diffusion, makes it an indispensable tool for geochemists and …

Accurate thermochronologic interpretation of zircon (U-Th)/He dates requires a realistic and
practically useful understanding of He diffusion kinetics in natural zircon, ideally across the …

We introduce and propose zircon M257 as a future reference material for the determination
of zircon U‐Pb ages by means of secondary ion mass spectrometry. This light brownish …

(U-Th)/He chronometry of zircon has a wide range of potential applications including
thermochronometry, provided the temperature sensitivity (eg, closure temperature) of the …

Stepwise degassing diffusion experiments on 39 different apatite samples using radiogenic
4He and proton-induced 3He reveal a range in closure temperature (Tc) from∼ 50 to 115° …

The distribution pattern of U-Pb ages of detrital zircon in a sedimentary rock is commonly
assumed to reflect the ages of igneous or metamorphic processes in rocks that have …

A potential zircon reference material (BB zircon) for laser ablation‐inductively coupled
plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) U‐Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry …

A transformative advance in Earth science is the development of low‐temperature
thermochronometry to date Earth surface processes or quantify the thermal evolution of …

In one form or another, geochronologists have been practicing thermochronology1, the use
of radioisotopic dating to constrain thermal histories of rocks and minerals, for over 40 years …