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Editors: Philippa Ascough, Greg Balco, Tibor J. Dunai, Georgina King, Andreas Lang & Klaus Mezger
eISSN: GChron 2628-3719, GChronD 2628-3735
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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Recent papers

15 Nov 2023
A new method for amino acid geochronology of the bivalve shell Arctica islandica
Martina L. G. Conti, Paul G. Butler, David J. Reynolds, Tamara Trofimova, James D. Scourse, and Kirsty E. H. Penkman
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2560,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2560, 2023
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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20 Oct 2023
Technical note: Darkroom lighting for luminescence dating laboratory
Marine Frouin, Taylor Grandfield, William Huebsch, and Owen Evans
Geochronology, 5, 405–412, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-405-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-405-2023, 2023
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19 Oct 2023
Solving crustal heat transfer for thermochronology using physics-informed neural networks
Ruohong Jiao, Shengze Cai, and Jean Braun
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2023-24,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2023-24, 2023
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 1 comment)
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11 Oct 2023
Volcanism straddling the Miocene–Pliocene boundary on Patmos and Chiliomodi islands (southeastern Aegean Sea): insights from new 40Ar ∕ 39Ar ages
Katharina M. Boehm, Klaudia F. Kuiper, Bora Uzel, Pieter Z. Vroon, and Jan R. Wijbrans
Geochronology, 5, 391–403, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-391-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-391-2023, 2023
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27 Sep 2023
New age constraints supporting the existence of protracted deformation in the Delamerian Orogen: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology on fabric forming minerals of the Kanmantoo Group metasediments
Naina Goswami
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1839,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1839, 2023
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 1 comment)
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22 Sep 2023
Differential bleaching of quartz and feldspar luminescence signals under high-turbidity conditions
Jürgen Mey, Wolfgang Schwanghart, Anna-Maartje de Boer, and Tony Reimann
Geochronology, 5, 377–389, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-377-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-377-2023, 2023
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20 Sep 2023
Technical note: Studying lithium metaborate fluxes and extraction protocols with a new, fully automated in situ cosmogenic 14C processing system at PRIME Lab
Nathaniel Lifton, Jim Wilson, and Allie Koester
Geochronology, 5, 361–375, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-361-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-361-2023, 2023
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12 Sep 2023
Calibration methods for laser ablation Rb–Sr geochronology: comparisons and recommendation based on NIST glass and natural reference materials
Stijn Glorie, Sarah Gilbert, Martin Hand, and Jarred Lloyd
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1915,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1915, 2023
Revised manuscript under review for GChron (discussion: final response, 6 comments)
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12 Sep 2023
Short Communication: Cosmogenic noble gas depletion in soils by wildfire heating
Greg Balco, Alan Hidy, William T. Struble, and Joshua J. Roering
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2023-23,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2023-23, 2023
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 2 comments)
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28 Aug 2023
Bayesian Integration of Astrochronology and Radioisotope Geochronology
Robin B. Trayler, Stephen R. Meyers, Bradley B. Sageman, and Mark D. Schmitz
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2023-22,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2023-22, 2023
Revised manuscript under review for GChron (discussion: final response, 11 comments)
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Highlight articles

12 Mar 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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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