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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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31 Jul 2020

Resolving the timescales of magmatic and hydrothermal processes associated with porphyry deposit formation using zircon U–Pb petrochronology

Simon J. E. Large, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Marcel Guillong, Albrecht von Quadt, and Christoph A. Heinrich

Geochronology, 2, 209–230, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-209-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-209-2020, 2020

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27 Jul 2020

The use of ASH-15 flowstone as a matrix-matched reference material for laser-ablation U-Pb geochronology of calcite

Perach Nuriel, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Maria Ovtcharova, Anton Vaks, Ciprian Stremtan, Martin Šala, Nick M. W. Roberts, and Andrew R. C. Kylander-Clark

Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-22,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-22, 2020

Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)

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24 Jul 2020

Technical note: on LA–ICP-MS U–Pb dating of unetched and etched apatites

Fanis Abdullin, Luigi Solari, Jesús Solé, and Carlos Ortega-Obregón

Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-21,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-21, 2020

Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)

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08 Jul 2020

Multimethod U–Pb baddeleyite dating: insights from the Spread Eagle Intrusive Complex and Cape St. Mary's sills, Newfoundland, Canada

Johannes E. Pohlner, Axel K. Schmitt, Kevin R. Chamberlain, Joshua H. F. L. Davies, Anne Hildenbrand, and Gregor Austermann

Geochronology, 2, 187–208, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-187-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-187-2020, 2020

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07 Jul 2020

Highly accurate dating of micrometre-scale baddeleyite domains through combined focused ion beam extraction and U–Pb thermal ionization mass spectrometry (FIB-TIMS)

Lee F. White, Kimberly T. Tait, Sandra L. Kamo, Desmond E. Moser, and James R. Darling

Geochronology, 2, 177–186, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-177-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-177-2020, 2020

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03 Jul 2020

A Sample Characterization Toolkit for Carbonate U-Pb Geochronology

E. Troy Rasbury, Theodore M. Present, Paul Northrup, Ryan V. Tappero, Antonio Lanzirotti, Jennifer M. Cole, Kathleen Wooton, and Kevin Hatton

Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-20,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-20, 2020

Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)

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02 Jul 2020

Technical note: A prototype transparent-middle-layer data management and analysis infrastructure for cosmogenic-nuclide exposure dating

Greg Balco

Geochronology, 2, 169–175, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-169-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-169-2020, 2020

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30 Jun 2020

Evaluating the reliability of U–Pb laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) carbonate geochronology: matrix issues and a potential calcite validation reference material

Marcel Guillong, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Nathan Looser, and Oscar Laurent

Geochronology, 2, 155–167, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-155-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-155-2020, 2020

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30 Jun 2020

Expanding Limits of Laser-Ablation U-Pb Calcite Geochronology

Andrew R. C. Kylander-Clark

Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-17,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-17, 2020

Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 1 comment)

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29 Jun 2020

Luminescence properties and dating of proglacial sediments from northern Switzerland

Daniela Mueller, Frank Preusser, Marius W. Buechi, Lukas Gegg, and Gaudenz Deplazes

Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-15,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-15, 2020

Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 2 comments)

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Highlight articles

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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16 Jun 2020 Geochronology awarded DOAJ Seal

GChron has been accepted into the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and has received the DOAJ Seal which recognizes journals with an exceptionally high level of publishing standards and best practice.

16 Jun 2020 Geochronology awarded DOAJ Seal

GChron has been accepted into the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and has received the DOAJ Seal which recognizes journals with an exceptionally high level of publishing standards and best practice.

29 May 2019 Publish your video abstract

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29 May 2019 Publish your video abstract

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02 Apr 2019 Announcing EGU's newest journal: Geochronology

The EGU is launching Geochronology (GChron) at the 2019 General Assembly. GChron will be an open-access, two-stage journal with open review, following the model of other EGU journals, and will be published by Copernicus Publications.

02 Apr 2019 Announcing EGU's newest journal: Geochronology

The EGU is launching Geochronology (GChron) at the 2019 General Assembly. GChron will be an open-access, two-stage journal with open review, following the model of other EGU journals, and will be published by Copernicus Publications.

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