A mineral that forms under conditions as variable as diagenesis to deep subduction, melt
crystallization to low temperature alteration, and that retains information on time …

On the contemporary Earth, distinct plate tectonic settings are characterized by differences in
heat flow that are recorded in metamorphic rocks as differences in apparent thermal …

Abstract The 40 Ar/39 Ar dating method is among the most versatile of geochronometers,
having the potential to date a broad variety of K-bearing materials spanning from the time of …

Magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits in collisional orogens are new targets for modern
mineral exploration, yet it is unclear why they preferentially occur in some specific tectonic …

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb
geochronology of carbonate minerals, calcite in particular, is rapidly gaining popularity as an …

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 has played a critically important role in our understanding of the growth and evolution
of the Earth. The U–Pb isotope system as preserved in zircon, more than any other mineral …

The onset and evolution of the Dead Sea transform are re-evaluated based on new in situ U-
Pb dating and strain analyses of mechanically twinned calcites. Direct dating of 30 syn …

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 …

In the early 1980s, evidence that crustal rocks had reached temperatures> 1000° C at
normal lower crustal pressures while others had followed low thermal gradients to record …