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Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology Applied to Tectonics

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Gehrels, George·2014·Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Detrital zircon geochronology is rapidly developing into an essential tool in Earth science research because of the widespread occurrence of zircon in sedimentary systems; the wide range of information that can be extracted from zircon crystals; the ability to determine ages with reasonable precision, accuracy, and efficiency; and the wide range of new ideas about how to use detrital zircon geochronologic information. The U-Pb system is particularly powerful because three chronometers are available (238 U→206 Pb, 235 U→207 Pb, and 232 Th→208 Pb), but challenges arise because of complexities from inheritance and Pb loss. Ages can be used to constrain the age of deposition of the host sediment, reconstruct provenance, characterize a sedimentary unit, and characterize many different aspects of source regions. Detrital zircon geochronology has an exciting future given the growth history recorded in individual crystals; the variety of detrital minerals that can provide complementary information; and the large number of geochemical, isotopic, and chronologic systems that can be applied to these minerals.

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Authors
Gehrels, G.
Venue
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Published
2014-05-30
Volume
42
Issue
1
Pages
127-149
ISSN
  • 0084-6597 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4495
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812
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1
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journal article
Language
en
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