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Methods and Applications of Geochronology
1st Edition - April 1, 2024
Editors: Gregory Shellnutt, Steve W Denyszyn, Kenshi Suga
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 8 0 3 - 9
Methods and Applications for Geochronology provides a comprehensive, practical guide to the always growing and refining field of geochronology. The book's chapters are written by… Read more
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Methods and Applications for Geochronology provides a comprehensive, practical guide to the always growing and refining field of geochronology. The book's chapters are written by leading experts in their field of geochronology and involve practical information and ‘rules of thumb’ for establishing laboratories and using analytical equipment. This book is an authoritative guide, not just for the required background that a researcher will need to know, but also for its descriptions of analytical methods, guidance for sample selection, and comprehensive information on data reduction and presentation.
- Features the latest methods and recommended tools for each of the major types of geochronological processes
- Includes perspectives from a variety of well-respected, highly cited researchers, each representing different specialties of geochronology
- Bridges the gap between theory and application, offering best practices and relevant case studies throughout
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
1. Introduction
2. Ages for Mesozoic key evolutionary events
3. Zircon fission-track and U-Pb double dating using laser ablation ICP mass spectrometry
4. The use of in situ biotite 40Ar/39Ar laserprobe geochronology of different microstructural domains to constrain the tectonothermal evolution in continental shear zones
5. High-resolution depth profiling analysis of U-Pb ages using laser ablation-high-time resolution-ICP-Mass spectrometer
6. Growth kinetics of metamorphic zircon and their implications for geochronology and geology
7. High-precision U-Pb geochronology of zircon: materials, methods and interpretations
8. Ar/Ar chronology of extra-terrestrial rocks: chock-full of components
9. Phosphate geochronology
10. In situ and mineral Ar/Ar geochronology: approaches and best practices for dating orogenic processes
11. Nanoscale geochronology by atom probe tomography
12. Getting accurate ages from the 40Ar/39Ar technique
13. U-series geochronology methods and applications in Earth Sciences
14. In situ beta decay dating by LA-ICP-MS/MS: Fundamentals and methodology
15. In situ beta decay dating by LA-ICP-MS/MS: Applications
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Published: April 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443188039
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Gregory Shellnutt
J. Gregory Shellnutt is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University. His research focuses on the geochemistry and geochronology of igneous rocks from large igneous provinces, Precambrian mafic dyke swarms, the Central African Orogenic Belt, and the Appalachian Orogeny. Greg has published more than 100 peer reviewed SCI papers, is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Lithos, and served on the editorial boards of Lithos, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Scientific Reports, Geology, and Frontiers in Earth Sciences. He has reviewed and edited over 650 manuscripts and guest edited special issues in Lithos, American Journal of Science, International Journal of Earth Sciences, and Frontiers in Earth Sciences. He was awarded Young Scientist awards from the Mineralogical Association of Canada and Academia Sinica, the 2015 Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan) Outstanding Research Award, and the Ma Ting Ying and Wang Hanzhuo awards from the Geological Society of Taiwan. Greg also contributes to society newsletters (Ashfall, mantleplumes.org, Geological Society of Hong Kong Bulletin) and magazines (Elements, Geoscientist).
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Earth Sciences National, Taiwan Normal University, TaiwanSW
Steve W Denyszyn
Steve W. Denyszyn is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. 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
Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, CanadaKS
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. Previously, he was the laboratory manager of the LA-ICP-MS facility at Kyoto University and spearheaded the development of zircon U–Pb dating and major and trace element analysis. His research expertise is in the petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology of metamorphic rocks with specific interest in Cretaceous high-temperature metamorphic belts, southwest Japan and the Mesozoic tectonics of Japan and Taiwan. 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