Garnet Lu-Hf speed dating: a novel method to rapidly resolve polymetamorphic histories

A Simpson, S Glorie, M Hand, C Spandler, S Gilbert - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent advances in laser ablation reaction-cell mass spectrometry have opened the
possibility for rapid and efficient Lu-Hf age dating of a variety of minerals. Of particular …

In situ laser ablation Lu–Hf geochronology of garnet across the Western Gneiss Region: campaign-style dating of metamorphism

R Tamblyn, M Hand, A Simpson, S Gilbert… - Journal of the …, 2022 - lyellcollection.org
The development of in situ laser ablation Lu–Hf geochronology of apatite, xenotime and
garnet has opened avenues to quickly and directly date geological processes. We …

A new stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of Scotland

M Krabbendam, R Strachan… - Journal of the Geological …, 2022 - lyellcollection.org
The circum-North Atlantic region archives three major late-Mesoproterozoic to
Neoproterozoic tectonic episodes, the Grenville–Sveconorwegian and Renlandian …

Multispecies diffusion of yttrium, rare earth elements and hafnium in garnet

EM Bloch, MC Jollands, A Devoir, AS Bouvier… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We report experimental data for Y, La, Lu and Hf diffusion in garnet, in which diffusant
concentrations and silica activity have been systematically varied. Experiments were …

Zircon fingerprint of the neoproterozoic north atlantic: perspectives from east Greenland

HKH Olierook, M Barham, CL Kirkland, J Hollis… - Precambrian …, 2020 - Elsevier
Correlations across the once-contiguous North Atlantic region remain challenging,
particularly for pre-Caledonian packages. Here, we present new zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope …

[HTML][HTML] Crustal reworking and orogenic styles inferred from zircon Hf isotopes: Proterozoic examples from the North Atlantic region

CJ Spencer, CL Kirkland, AR Prave, RA Strachan… - Geoscience …, 2019 - Elsevier
Zircon Hf evolutionary patterns are powerful tools to investiage magma petrogenesis and
crustal evolution. The 176 Hf/177 Hf isotopic signature of a rock is particularly informative …

Testing petrogenetic models for contemporaneous mafic and felsic to intermediate magmatism within the “Newer Granite” suite of the Scottish and Irish Caledonides

DB Archibald, JB Murphy, M Fowler, RA Strachan… - 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Granitoid batholiths dominated by felsic to intermediate compositions are commonly
associated with mafic plutons and enclaves; however, the genetic relationship between the …

Tectonic transport directions, shear senses and deformation temperatures indicated by quartz c-axis fabrics and microstructures in a NW-SE transect across the Moine …

RD Law, JR Thigpen, SE Mazza, CA Mako… - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Moine metasedimentary rocks of northern Scotland are characterized by arcuate map
patterns of mineral lineations that swing progressively clockwise from orogen-perpendicular …

Provenance of latest Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic (meta)-sedimentary rocks and implications for paleographic reconstruction of the Yili Block

H Huang, PA Cawood, M Hou, F Xiong, S Ni… - Gondwana …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yili Block is one of the major Precambrian microcontinents of the Central Asian
Orogenic Belt (CAOB). Detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic data of the Meso …

Thermal evolution of the Scandian hinterland, Naver nappe, northern Scotland

CA Mako, RD Law, MJ Caddick… - Journal of the …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
The Northern Highlands Terrane of Scotland hosts several thrust nappes that were
deformed and metamorphosed during the Silurian Scandian orogeny. Quantitative …