(U-Th)/He chronology: Part 1. Data, uncertainty, and reporting

RM Flowers, PK Zeitler, M Danišík, PW Reiners… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The field of (U-Th)/He geochronology and thermochronology has grown enormously over
the past∼ 25 years. The tool is applicable across much of geologic time, new (U-Th)/He …

[PDF][PDF] Helium diffusion in natural zircon: Radiation damage, anisotropy, and the interpretation of zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology

WR Guenthner, PW Reiners, RA Ketcham… - American Journal of …, 2013 - ajsonline.org
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 …

Innovations in (U–Th)/He, fission track, and trapped charge thermochronometry with applications to earthquakes, weathering, surface‐mantle connections, and the …

AK Ault, C Gautheron, GE King - Tectonics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A transformative advance in Earth science is the development of low‐temperature
thermochronometry to date Earth surface processes or quantify the thermal evolution of …

Mesoproterozoic burial of the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa during Rodinia supercontinent assembly from (U-Th)/He thermochronology

JS Baughman, RM Flowers - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract We present THe and ZHe data for basement samples across the Kaapvaal craton to
investigate the cratonic burial and erosion history during the assembly and breakup of the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the shallow to mid-depth (> 100–300 C) continental crust evolution with (U-Th)/He thermochronology: a review

C Gautheron, M Hueck, S Ternois, B Heller, S Schwartz… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quantifying geological processes has greatly benefited from the development and use of
thermochronometric methods over the last fifty years. Among them is the (U-Th)/He dating …

Annealing kinetics of radiation damage in zircon

U Ginster, PW Reiners, L Nasdala… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Models of noble-gas diffusion in minerals are essential for thermochronologic
interpretations used for understanding the timing and rates of a range of geologic processes …

Presidential Address. Nano-and micro-geochronology in Hadean and Archean zircons by atom-probe tomography and SIMS: New tools for old minerals

JW Valley, DA Reinhard, AJ Cavosie… - American …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Atom-probe tomography (APT) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) provide
complementary in situ element and isotope data in minerals such as zircon. SIMS measures …

Bias in detrital zircon geochronology and thermochronometry

MG Malusà, A Carter, M Limoncelli, IM Villa… - Chemical Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
Detrital studies that utilize zircon U–Pb geochronology and fission-track (FT)
thermochronometry are subject to a range of potential sources of bias that should be …

Diachronous development of great unconformities before Neoproterozoic snowball Earth

RM Flowers, FA Macdonald… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The Great Unconformity marks a major gap in the continental geological record, separating
Precambrian basement from Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks. However, the timing …

Implementation of an alpha damage annealing model for zircon (U‐Th)/He thermochronology with comparison to a zircon fission track annealing model

WR Guenthner - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Radiation damage exerts a fundamental control on He diffusion in zircon, which manifests
as correlations between (U‐Th)/He date and effective uranium concentration. These …