(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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Fault slip and exhumation history of the Willard thrust sheet, Sevier fold‐thrust belt, Utah: Relations to wedge propagation, hinterland uplift, and foreland basin …

WA Yonkee, B Eleogram, ML Wells, DF Stockli… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Zircon (U‐Th)/He (ZHe) and zircon fission track thermochronometric data for 47
samples spanning the areally extensive Willard thrust sheet within the western part of the …

Exhumation history of the north-central Shanxi Rift, North China, revealed by low-temperature thermochronology

C Clinkscales, P Kapp, H Wang - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
We present new apatite U-Th-Sm/He (AHe; n= 51), apatite fission track data (AFT; n= 12),
and zircon U-Th/He (ZHe; n= 8) data for two elevation transects in the north-central Shanxi …

Thermochronologic constraints on the origin of the Great Unconformity

KT McDannell, CB Keller… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The origin of the phenomenon known as the Great Unconformity has been a fundamental
yet unresolved problem in the geosciences for over a century. Recent hypotheses advocate …

3D numerical simulation-based targeting of skarn type mineralization within the Xuancheng-Magushan orefield, middle-lower Yangtze metallogenic belt, China

X Hu, X Li, F Yuan, SM Jowitt, A Ord, R Ye… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent exploration has identified a series of Cu-Mo skarn deposits within the Xuancheng-
Magushan orefield. The orefield forms part of the Nanling-Xuancheng mining district, which …

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 …