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Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-607-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-607-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
Short communication/technical note
 | 
25 Nov 2024
Short communication/technical note |  | 25 Nov 2024

Short communication: Nanoscale heterogeneity of U and Pb in baddeleyite from atom probe tomography – 238U series alpha recoil effects and U atom clustering

Steven Denyszyn, Donald W. Davis, and Denis Fougerouse

Data sets

Nanoscale heterogeneity of U and Pb in baddeleyite from Atom probe tomography - 238U series alpha recoil effects and U atom clustering S. Denyszyn et al. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YP6N7

Model code and software

Nanoscale heterogeneity of U and Pb in baddeleyite from Atom probe tomography - 238U series alpha recoil effects and U atom clustering S. Denyszyn et al. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YP6N7

Video supplement

Nanoscale heterogeneity of U and Pb in baddeleyite from Atom probe tomography - 238U series alpha recoil effects and U atom clustering S. Denyszyn et al. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YP6N7

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Short summary
Decay of U to Pb in baddeleyite is used for dating mafic rocks, but some daughter Pb atoms can be ejected out of the crystal, resulting in ages that seem too young. Atom probe tomography was used to map U and Pb atoms in 3D within baddeleyite crystals and estimate the average distance that Pb atoms are displaced by recoil. This allows us to test the relationship between crystal size and apparent age. There is also evidence for clustering of U atoms, inviting more work on how this may occur.
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