U–Th–Pb zircon geochronology by ID-TIMS, SIMS, and laser ablation ICP-MS: Recipes, interpretations, and opportunities

U Schaltegger, AK Schmitt, MSA Horstwood - Chemical Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Considerations in zircon geochronology by SIMS

TR Ireland, IS Williams - Reviews in mineralogy and …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is a versatile technique for measuring the
chemical and isotopic composition of solid materials on a scale of a few microns. A beam of …

Hf isotopic compositions of the standard zircons and baddeleyites used in U–Pb geochronology

FY Wu, YH Yang, LW Xie, JH Yang, P Xu - Chemical Geology, 2006 - Elsevier
Zircon and baddeleyite U–Pb geochronological dating is widely used in solid Earth sciences
and the advent of rapid in-situ methods of analysis, such SIMS and ICP-MS, has re …

Improved 206Pb/238U microprobe geochronology by the monitoring of a trace-element-related matrix effect; SHRIMP, ID–TIMS, ELA–ICP–MS and oxygen isotope …

LP Black, SL Kamo, CM Allen, DW Davis, JN Aleinikoff… - Chemical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Precise isotope dilution–thermal ionisation mass spectrometry (ID–TIMS) documentation is
given for two new Palaeozoic zircon standards (TEMORA 2 and R33). These data, in …

Precise determination of Phanerozoic zircon Pb/Pb age by multicollector SIMS without external standardization

XH Li, Y Liu, QL Li, CH Guo… - Geochemistry …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Precise U–Pb and Pb–Pb dating of Phanerozoic baddeleyite by SIMS with oxygen flooding technique

QL Li, XH Li, Y Liu, GQ Tang, JH Yang… - Journal of Analytical …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

In situ simultaneous determination of trace elements, U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes in zircon and baddeleyite

LW Xie, YB Zhang, HH Zhang, JF Sun, FY Wu - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008 - Springer
This paper describes a combined method of simultaneously measuring U-Pb and Lu-Hf
isotopes as well as trace elements in Phalaborwa baddeleyite and 91500, GJ-1, TEMORA-1 …

Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533

M Humayun, A Nemchin, B Zanda, RH Hewins… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The ancient cratered terrain of the southern highlands of Mars is thought to hold clues to the
planet's early differentiation,, but until now no meteoritic regolith breccias have been …

The 1.33–1.30 Ga Yanliao large igneous province in the North China Craton: Implications for reconstruction of the Nuna (Columbia) supercontinent, and specifically …

SH Zhang, Y Zhao, XH Li, RE Ernst, ZY Yang - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The Yanliao rift zone in the northern North China Craton (NCC) is the location of the
standard section for late Paleoproterozoic–Mesoproterozoic stratigraphy in China and is …

The 1.35 Ga diabase sills from the northern North China Craton: implications for breakup of the Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent

SH Zhang, Y Zhao, ZY Yang, ZF He, H Wu - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
Diabase sills are widespread within the Mesoproterozoic marine clastic and carbonate
platformal sedimentary rocks in the northern North China Craton (NCC). Our new LA-ICP …