The closure temperature(s) of zircon Raman dating

Härtel, Birk; Jonckheere, Raymond; Wauschkuhn, Bastian; Ratschbacher, Lothar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-259-2021

Articles | Volume 3, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-259-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-259-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 1

Research article

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04 May 2021

Research article |

| 04 May 2021

The closure temperature(s) of zircon Raman dating

Birk Härtel, Raymond Jonckheere, Bastian Wauschkuhn, and Lothar Ratschbacher

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript entitled „The closure temperature(s) of zircon Raman dating” by Birk Härtel et al.', Beatrix Heller, 04 Feb 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Birk Härtel, 24 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Reviewer’s Report by Prof. Dr. Airton N C Dias', Airton Dias, 15 Mar 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Birk Härtel, 24 Mar 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (25 Mar 2021) by Klaus Mezger

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Mar 2021) by Klaus Mezger (Editor)

AR by Birk Härtel on behalf of the Authors (26 Mar 2021) Author's response Manuscript

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AA by Birk Härtel on behalf of the Authors (30 Apr 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (30 Apr 2021) by Klaus Mezger

Short summary

We carried out thermal annealing experiments between 500 and 1000 °C to determine the closure temperature of radiation-damage annealing in zircon (ZrSiO₄). Our results show that the different Raman bands of zircon respond differently to annealing. The repair is highest for the external rotation Raman band near 356.6 cm⁻¹. The closure temperature estimates range from 250 to 370 °C for different bands. The differences in closure temperatures offer the prospect of multi-T zircon Raman dating.