Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-621-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-621-2024
Research article
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26 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 26 Nov 2024

µID-TIMS: spatially resolved high-precision U–Pb zircon geochronology

Sava Markovic, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Dawid Szymanowski, Joakim Reuteler, Peng Zeng, and Cyril Chelle-Michou

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on gchron-2024-17', Donald Davis, 16 Jul 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on gchron-2024-17', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Aug 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (30 Aug 2024) by Sandra Kamo
AR by Sava Markovic on behalf of the Authors (09 Sep 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
EF by Sarah Buchmann (16 Sep 2024)  Supplement 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (27 Sep 2024) by Sandra Kamo
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Sep 2024) by Klaus Mezger (Editor)
AR by Sava Markovic on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2024)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
We present a pioneering method for high-precision U–Pb dating of individual growth zones in zircon. These micrometer zones in single grains can record key geological processes from magma priming prior to eruptions to planetary formation, yet dating them at high precision has so far been technically challenging. Our method employs two cutting-edge microbeam techniques to microsample these growth zones for high-precision dating, allowing us to tackle a number of outstanding research questions.