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Methods and Applications of Geochronology

  • 1st Edition - March 12, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Gregory Shellnutt, Steve Denyszyn, Kenshi Suga
  • Language: English

Methods and Applications of Geochronology provides a comprehensive, practical guide to the rapidly developing field of geochronology. Chapters are written by leading experts i… Read more

Description

Methods and Applications of Geochronology provides a comprehensive, practical guide to the rapidly developing field of geochronology. Chapters are written by leading experts in their specific field of geochronology and discuss practical information and ‘rules of thumb’ for establishing laboratories and using analytical equipment. Methods and Applications of Geochronology is an authoritative guide not only for the foundational principles of geochronological research, but also descriptions of analytical methods, guidance for sample selection, all the way to data reduction and presentation.

Key features

  • Features the latest techniques and recommended tools for each of the most common geochronological methods
  • Includes perspectives from a variety of well-respected researchers in the field, each representing different specialties of geochronology
  • Bridges the gap between theory and application, offering best practices and relevant case studies throughout

Readership

Universities, research institutes, and government agencies related to Earth-system sciences (e.g., geological surveys, Earth Science departments, geochronology laboratories, marine institutes, natural history museums). Mineral exploration, petroleum and natural gas exploration, and possibly other educational institution (e.g., technical colleges). Constraining the timing of deformation, deposition, or fluid remobilization is key to understanding mineral deposit formation. Moreover, providing new methods for fossil geochronology can help to assess petroleum potential as 70% of oil deposits were formed during the Mesozoic

Table of contents

1. Introduction to methods and applications of geochronology: A perspective on geological time
J. Gregory Shellnutt, Steven W. Denyszyn and Kenshi Suga

2. High-precision CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology of zircon: Materials, methods, and interpretations
Urs Schaltegger, Maria Ovtcharova and Blair Schoene

3. Ion microprobe accessory mineral geochronology
Axel K. Schmitt, Allen Kennedy and Kevin Chamberlain

4. High-speed UePb age determinations using a laser ablation-ICP-MS technique
Takafumi Hirata and Hideki Iwano

5. Zircon fission-track and UePb multi-method geochronology using laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry
Hideki Iwano, Tohru Danhara and Takafumi Hirata

6. UeThePb phosphate geochronology by LA-ICP-MS
David Chew

7. In situ beta decay dating by LA-ICP-MS/MS: Fundamentals and methodology
Thomas Zack and Sarah Gilbert

8. In situ beta decay dating by LA-ICP-MS/MS: applications
Sarah E. Gilbert, Stijn Glorie and Thomas Zack

9. The complexities in interpreting Argon isotopes: Chock-full of components
Vera Assis Fernandes, Ray Burgess and Hirochika Sumino

10. Obtaining accurate ages of basaltic rocks using 40Ar/39Ar techniques
Qiang Jiang and Fred Jourdan

11. Approaches and best practices for dating orogenic processes using 40Ar/39Ar geochronology
Dawn A. Kellett, Clare J. Warren and Alfredo Camacho

12. Application of in situ 40Ar/39Ar laser probe analysis to a continental shear belt
Chieh-Yu Wu, Meng-Wan Yeh, Ching-Hua Lo and Yun-Chieh Lo

13. A method and application for the integration of geology, geochronology, and paleontology: Case studies for important Mesozoic evolutionary events in East Asia
Su-Chin Chang, Rui Pei, Jun Wang and Daran Zheng

14. Growth kinetics of metamorphic minerals and the implications for metamorphic geochronology and geology: some case studies of metamorphic zircon
Kazuhiro Miyazaki

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 18, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Gregory Shellnutt

J. Gregory Shellnutt is a chair professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan. His research focuses on the geochemistry and geochronology of magmatic rocks from large igneous provinces, Precambrian mafic dyke swarms, the Central African Orogenic Belt, and the Appalachian Orogeny. He received the Young Scientist Medal from the Mineralogical Association of Canada and Academia Sinica (Taiwan), the National Science and Technology Council (Taiwan) Outstanding Research Award in 2015 and 2022, and the Ma Ting Ying and Wang Hanzhuo awards from the Geological Society of Taiwan. Greg is currently the co-editor-in-chief of Lithos, co-editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, associate editor of Journal of the Geological Society of India, and associate editor of Frontiers in Earth Sciences.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Earth Sciences National, Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

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Steve Denyszyn

Steven W. Denyszyn is an associate professor with the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. His previous affiliations include the University of Toronto, the Berkeley Geochronology Center, and the University of Western Australia. He primarily uses high-precision U-Pb geochronology to study the timing and rates of igneous processes, particularly large igneous provinces and magmatic ore deposits, as well as mass extinctions, paleocontinental reconstructions, and tectonics.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

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Kenshi Suga

Dr. Kenshi Suga is a Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University. He is the manager of the LA-ICP-MS/MS laboratory and focuses on the development of analytical methods for in situ dating using alpha (U–Pb) and beta (e.g. Lu–Hf, Rb–Sr, Re–Os) decay systems, and provides lectures and hands-training to visiting faculty and graduate students. Over the past ten years, Kenshi has published 26 peer reviewed SCI papers and serves on the editorial board of Frontiers in Earth Science.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

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