Please see the attachment.

Please see my AE decision letter from June 29th. It should be available from the link in your email from Copernicus/GChron on that date. I will email a copy of the AE decision as well.

Best wishes,
Noah McLean, AE

Dear Authors,

Per our email discussion, the recoil displacement model requires minor revision. The other proposed revisions, and especially the revised supplementary materials, have resulted in a more readable manuscript. I agree that shortening the discussion of the clusters helps streamline the manuscript's narrative. With a quick fix to the recoil model, I believe this manuscript will be an excellent contribution to the geochronology literature.

Best wishes,
Noah McLean, AE

Dear authors,

Thank you for the final set of minor revisions, which thoroughly address concerns raised in previous manuscript versions. The revised manuscript provides an interesting perspective and novel data to a longstanding question in U-Pb geochronology, and I agree with the reviewers that it's worthy of publication in Geochronology. I recommend publication.

Best wishes,
Noah McLean, AE

Dear Dr. Denyszyn

Thank you for submitting a revised and improved version of your study that found the approval of the reviewers and editors.
I am pleased to accept your paper for publication in GEOCHRONOLOGY.



With kind regards