Emplacement of the Franklin large igneous province and initiation of the Sturtian Snowball Earth

JP Pu, FA Macdonald, MD Schmitz, RH Rainbird… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
During the Cryogenian (720 to 635 Ma ago) Snowball Earth glaciations, ice extended to sea
level near the equator. The cause of this catastrophic failure of Earth's thermostat has been …

(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 …

Thermo-tectonic imaging of the Gulf of Aden-Red Sea rift systems and Afro-Arabian hinterland

SC Boone, ML Balestrieri, B Kohn - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-temperature thermochronology has long been utilised in the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden rift
systems and adjacent hinterlands to examine exhumation cooling histories of basement …

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 …

Thermal history modeling techniques and interpretation strategies: Applications using HeFTy

KE Murray, ALS Goddard, AL Abbey… - …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Advances in low-temperature thermochronology, and the wide range of geologic problems
that it is used to investigate, have prompted the routine use of thermal history (time …

Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology reveals pre-Great Unconformity paleotopography in the Grand Canyon region, USA

BA Peak, RM Flowers, FA Macdonald… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Great Unconformity is an iconic geologic feature that coincides with an
enigmatic period of Earth's history that spans the assembly and breakup of the …

Development of the Nyika Plateau, Malawi: A long lived paleo‐surface or a contemporary feature of the East African Rift?

MF McMillan, SC Boone, BP Kohn… - Geochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Northern Malawi's Nyika Plateau is a 3,700 km2 large, highly elevated (∼ 2,500 m)
plateau located at the western margin of the Miocene‐Recent Malawi rift and the confluence …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling competing effects of cooling rate, grain size, and radiation damage in low-temperature thermochronometers

DM Whipp, DA Kellett, I Coutand… - …, 2022 - gchron.copernicus.org
Low-temperature multi-thermochronometry, in which the (U-Th)/He and fission track
methods are applied to minerals such as zircon and apatite, is a valuable approach for …

Building a Young Mountain Range: Insight Into the Growth of the Greater Caucasus Mountains From Detrital Zircon (U‐Th)/He Thermochronology and 10Be Erosion …

AM Forte, KR Gutterman, MC van Soest… - Tectonics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Greater Caucasus (GC) Mountains within the central Arabia‐Eurasia collision
zone are an archetypal example of a young collisional orogen. However, the mechanisms …

Connecting visual metamictization to radiation damage to expand applications of zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

EM Armstrong, AK Ault, JM Kaempfer, WR Guenthner - Chemical Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe) thermochronometry quantifies the timing and tempo of low-
temperature processes and is used to deconvolve tectonic and erosional histories …