Geochronology
Geochronology
Geochronology
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Editors: Philippa Ascough, Greg Balco, Georgina King, Andreas Lang & Klaus Mezger
Geochronology (GChron) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the discussion and publication of high-quality research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes used to quantify time in all environmental and geological settings throughout Earth's history.
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19 Apr 2021
Uranium incorporation in fluorite and exploration of U–Pb dating
Louise Lenoir, Thomas Blaise, Andréa Somogyi, Benjamin Brigaud, Jocelyn Barbarand, Claire Boukari, Julius Nouet, Aurore Brézard-Oudot, and Maurice Pagel
Geochronology, 3, 199–227, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-199-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-199-2021, 2021
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16 Apr 2021
An evaluation of Deccan Traps eruption rates using geochronologic data
Blair Schoene, Michael P. Eddy, C. Brenhin Keller, and Kyle M. Samperton
Geochronology, 3, 181–198, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-181-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-181-2021, 2021
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07 Apr 2021
Investigation of quartz ESR residual signals in the last glacial and early Holocene fluvial deposits from the Lower Rhine
Marcus Richter and Sumiko Tsukamoto
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-9,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-9, 2021
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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01 Apr 2021
Exposure dating of detrital magnetite using 3He enabled by microCT and calibration of the cosmogenic 3He production rate in magnetite
Florian Hofmann, Emily H. G. Cooperdock, A. Joshua West, Dominic Hildebrandt, Kathrin Strößner, and Kenneth A. Farley
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-10,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-10, 2021
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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22 Mar 2021
Short communication: Driftwood provides reliable chronological markers in Arctic coastal deposits
Lasse Sander, Alexander Kirdyanov, Alan Crivellaro, and Ulf Büntgen
Geochronology, 3, 171–180, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-171-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-171-2021, 2021
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12 Mar 2021
geoChronR – an R package to model, analyze, and visualize age-uncertain data
Nicholas P. McKay, Julien Emile-Geay, and Deborah Khider
Geochronology, 3, 149–169, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-149-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-149-2021, 2021
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09 Mar 2021
U − Pb geochronology of epidote by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) as a tool for dating hydrothermal-vein formation
Veronica Peverelli, Tanya Ewing, Daniela Rubatto, Martin Wille, Alfons Berger, Igor Maria Villa, Pierre Lanari, Thomas Pettke, and Marco Herwegh
Geochronology, 3, 123–147, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-123-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-123-2021, 2021
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02 Mar 2021
How many grains are needed for quantifying catchment erosion from tracer thermochronology?
Andrea Madella, Christoph Glotzbach, and Todd A. Ehlers
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-6,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-6, 2021
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 2 comments)
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02 Mar 2021
Age distribution of horizontal fission tracks
Peter Klint Jensen and Kirsten Hansen
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-8,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-8, 2021
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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01 Mar 2021
Erosion rates in a wet, temperate climate derived from rock luminescence techniques
Rachel K. Smedley, David Small, Richard S. Jones, Stephen Brough, Jennifer Bradley, and Geraint T. H. Jenkins
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-5,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2021-5, 2021
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: final response, 3 comments)
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12 Mar 2021
geoChronR – an R package to model, analyze, and visualize age-uncertain data
Nicholas P. McKay, Julien Emile-Geay, and Deborah Khider
Geochronology, 3, 149–169, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-149-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-149-2021, 2021
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22 Oct 2020
Resolving multiple geological events using in situ Rb–Sr geochronology: implications for metallogenesis at Tropicana, Western Australia
Hugo K. H. Olierook, Kai Rankenburg, Stanislav Ulrich, Christopher L. Kirkland, Noreen J. Evans, Stephen Brown, Brent I. A. McInnes, Alexander Prent, Jack Gillespie, Bradley McDonald, and Miles Darragh
Geochronology, 2, 283–303, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-283-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-283-2020, 2020
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24 Jan 2020
Electron spin resonance (ESR) thermochronometry of the Hida range of the Japanese Alps: validation and future potential
Georgina E. King, Sumiko Tsukamoto, Frédéric Herman, Rabiul H. Biswas, Shigeru Sueoka, and Takahiro Tagami
Geochronology, 2, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-1-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-1-2020, 2020
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11 Dec 2019
Stepwise chemical abrasion–isotope dilution–thermal ionization mass spectrometry with trace element analysis of microfractured Hadean zircon
C. Brenhin Keller, Patrick Boehnke, Blair Schoene, and T. Mark Harrison
Geochronology, 1, 85–97, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-85-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-85-2019, 2019
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