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09 Apr 2020
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb carbonate geochronology: strategies, progress, and limitations
Nick M. W. Roberts, Kerstin Drost, Matthew S. A. Horstwood, Daniel J. Condon, David Chew, Henrik Drake, Antoni E. Milodowski, Noah M. McLean, Andrew J. Smye, Richard J. Walker, Richard Haslam, Keith Hodson, Jonathan Imber, Nicolas Beaudoin, and Jack K. Lee
Geochronology, 2, 33–61, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-33-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-33-2020, 2020 | 13,505 views
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12 Mar 2021
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geoChronR – an R package to model, analyze, and visualize age-uncertain data
Nicholas P. McKay, Julien Emile-Geay, and Deborah Khider
Geochronology, 3, 149–169, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-149-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-149-2021, 2021 | 11,282 views
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11 Dec 2019
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Stepwise chemical abrasion–isotope dilution–thermal ionization mass spectrometry with trace element analysis of microfractured Hadean zircon
C. Brenhin Keller, Patrick Boehnke, Blair Schoene, and T. Mark Harrison
Geochronology, 1, 85–97, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-85-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-85-2019, 2019 | 8,076 views
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30 Jun 2020
Evaluating the reliability of U–Pb laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) carbonate geochronology: matrix issues and a potential calcite validation reference material
Marcel Guillong, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Nathan Looser, and Oscar Laurent
Geochronology, 2, 155–167, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-155-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-155-2020, 2020 | 8,045 views
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16 Apr 2021
An evaluation of Deccan Traps eruption rates using geochronologic data
Blair Schoene, Michael P. Eddy, C. Brenhin Keller, and Kyle M. Samperton
Geochronology, 3, 181–198, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-181-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-181-2021, 2021 | 7,994 views
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29 Apr 2021
On the treatment of discordant detrital zircon U–Pb data
Pieter Vermeesch
Geochronology, 3, 247–257, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-247-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-247-2021, 2021 | 7,099 views
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16 Sep 2025
Nonparametric estimation of age–depth models from sedimentological and stratigraphic information
Niklas Hohmann, David De Vleeschouwer, Sietske Batenburg, and Emilia Jarochowska
Geochronology, 7, 427–448, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-427-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-427-2025, 2025 | 7,098 views
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22 Oct 2020
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Resolving multiple geological events using in situ Rb–Sr geochronology: implications for metallogenesis at Tropicana, Western Australia
Hugo K. H. Olierook, Kai Rankenburg, Stanislav Ulrich, Christopher L. Kirkland, Noreen J. Evans, Stephen Brown, Brent I. A. McInnes, Alexander Prent, Jack Gillespie, Bradley McDonald, and Miles Darragh
Geochronology, 2, 283–303, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-283-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-283-2020, 2020 | 7,045 views
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24 Jan 2020
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Electron spin resonance (ESR) thermochronometry of the Hida range of the Japanese Alps: validation and future potential
Georgina E. King, Sumiko Tsukamoto, Frédéric Herman, Rabiul H. Biswas, Shigeru Sueoka, and Takahiro Tagami
Geochronology, 2, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-1-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-1-2020, 2020 | 6,670 views
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10 Jul 2024
Cosmogenic 3He chronology of postglacial lava flows at Mt Ruapehu, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Pedro Doll, Shaun Robert Eaves, Ben Matthew Kennedy, Pierre-Henri Blard, Alexander Robert Lee Nichols, Graham Sloan Leonard, Dougal Bruce Townsend, Jim William Cole, Chris Edward Conway, Sacha Baldwin, Gabriel Fénisse, Laurent Zimmermann, and Bouchaïb Tibari
Geochronology, 6, 365–395, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-365-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-365-2024, 2024 | 6,469 views
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16 Jan 2023
Short communication: age2exhume – a MATLAB/Python script to calculate steady-state vertical exhumation rates from thermochronometric ages and application to the Himalaya
Peter van der Beek and Taylor F. Schildgen
Geochronology, 5, 35–49, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-35-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-35-2023, 2023 | 6,439 views
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15 Dec 2020
Development of a multi-method chronology spanning the Last Glacial Interval from Orakei maar lake, Auckland, New Zealand
Leonie Peti, Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons, Jenni L. Hopkins, Andreas Nilsson, Toshiyuki Fujioka, David Fink, Charles Mifsud, Marcus Christl, Raimund Muscheler, and Paul C. Augustinus
Geochronology, 2, 367–410, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-367-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-367-2020, 2020 | 6,381 views
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07 Aug 2025
Radiometric dating of Middle Pleistocene carbonates: assessing consistency and performance of the U–Th and U–Pb dating methods
Timothy J. Pollard, Jon D. Woodhead, Russell N. Drysdale, R. Lawrence Edwards, Xianglei Li, Ashlea N. Wainwright, Mathieu Pythoud, Hai Cheng, John C. Hellstrom, Ilaria Isola, Eleonora Regattieri, Giovanni Zanchetta, and Dylan S. Parmenter
Geochronology, 7, 335–355, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-335-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-335-2025, 2025 | 6,377 views
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22 Apr 2020
A new 30 000-year chronology for rapidly deposited sediments on the Lomonosov Ridge using bulk radiocarbon dating and probabilistic stratigraphic alignment
Francesco Muschitiello, Matt O'Regan, Jannik Martens, Gabriel West, Örjan Gustafsson, and Martin Jakobsson
Geochronology, 2, 81–91, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-81-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-81-2020, 2020 | 6,340 views
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15 Dec 2022
Constraining the aggradation mode of Pleistocene river deposits based on cosmogenic radionuclide depth profiling and numerical modelling
Nathan Vandermaelen, Koen Beerten, François Clapuyt, Marcus Christl, and Veerle Vanacker
Geochronology, 4, 713–730, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-713-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-713-2022, 2022 | 6,282 views
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08 Jun 2022
In situ Lu–Hf geochronology of calcite
Alexander Simpson, Stijn Glorie, Martin Hand, Carl Spandler, Sarah Gilbert, and Brad Cave
Geochronology, 4, 353–372, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-353-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-353-2022, 2022 | 5,699 views
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21 Apr 2022
Calcite U–Pb dating of altered ancient oceanic crust in the North Pamir, Central Asia
Johannes Rembe, Renjie Zhou, Edward R. Sobel, Jonas Kley, Jie Chen, Jian-Xin Zhao, Yuexing Feng, and Daryl L. Howard
Geochronology, 4, 227–250, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-227-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-227-2022, 2022 | 5,604 views
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18 Jul 2019
Chlorine-36∕beryllium-10 burial dating of alluvial fan sediments associated with the Mission Creek strand of the San Andreas Fault system, California, USA
Greg Balco, Kimberly Blisniuk, and Alan Hidy
Geochronology, 1, 1–16, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-1-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-1-2019, 2019 | 5,568 views
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11 Sep 2020
Delayed and rapid deglaciation of alpine valleys in the Sawatch Range, southern Rocky Mountains, USA
Joseph P. Tulenko, William Caffee, Avriel D. Schweinsberg, Jason P. Briner, and Eric M. Leonard
Geochronology, 2, 245–255, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-245-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-245-2020, 2020 | 5,545 views
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21 May 2021
Spatially resolved infrared radiofluorescence: single-grain K-feldspar dating using CCD imaging
Dirk Mittelstraß and Sebastian Kreutzer
Geochronology, 3, 299–319, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-299-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-299-2021, 2021 | 5,539 views
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25 Nov 2025
Atmospheric 10Be from Talos Dome (East Antarctic) ice core records geomagnetic dipole intensity from 170 to 270 ka BP
Alexis Lamothe, Edouard Bard, Nicolas Thouveny, Ellyn Auriol, Mirko Severi, Rita Traversi, Martine de Angelis, Frank Wilhelms, Robert Mulvaney, Fawzi Zaidi, Georges Aumaitre, Karim Keddadouche, and Mélanie Baroni
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5707,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5707, 2025
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: final response, 4 comments) | 5,474 views
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03 Sep 2020
The Isotopx NGX and ATONA Faraday amplifiers
Stephen E. Cox, Sidney R. Hemming, and Damian Tootell
Geochronology, 2, 231–243, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-231-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-231-2020, 2020 | 5,429 views
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11 Sep 2025
Anomalous fading correction in luminescence dating – a mathematical reappraisal
Benny Guralnik and Georgina Elizabeth King
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4186,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4186, 2025
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: final response, 7 comments) | 5,315 views
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09 Mar 2021
U − Pb geochronology of epidote by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) as a tool for dating hydrothermal-vein formation
Veronica Peverelli, Tanya Ewing, Daniela Rubatto, Martin Wille, Alfons Berger, Igor Maria Villa, Pierre Lanari, Thomas Pettke, and Marco Herwegh
Geochronology, 3, 123–147, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-123-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-123-2021, 2021 | 5,311 views
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10 Oct 2025
Carbonate 206Pb ∕ 238U problems and potential 207Pb ∕ 235U fixes
Pieter Vermeesch, Noah McLean, Anton Vaks, Tzahi Golan, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, and Randall Parrish
Geochronology, 7, 459–473, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-459-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-459-2025, 2025 | 5,252 views
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27 Oct 2025
StratoBayes: a Bayesian method for automated stratigraphic correlation and age modelling
Kilian Eichenseer, Matthias Sinnesael, Martin R. Smith, and Andrew R. Millard
Geochronology, 7, 545–570, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-545-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-545-2025, 2025 | 5,214 views
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03 Apr 2023
Chemical abrasion: the mechanics of zircon dissolution
Alyssa J. McKanna, Isabel Koran, Blair Schoene, and Richard A. Ketcham
Geochronology, 5, 127–151, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-127-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-127-2023, 2023 | 5,209 views
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26 Sep 2019
Resolving the effects of 2-D versus 3-D grain measurements on apatite (U–Th) ∕ He age data and reproducibility
Emily H. G. Cooperdock, Richard A. Ketcham, and Daniel F. Stockli
Geochronology, 1, 17–41, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-17-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-17-2019, 2019 | 5,194 views
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10 Jun 2024
The Geometric Correction Method for zircon (U–Th) ∕ He chronology: correcting systematic error and assigning uncertainties to alpha-ejection corrections and eU concentrations
Spencer D. Zeigler, Morgan Baker, James R. Metcalf, and Rebecca M. Flowers
Geochronology, 6, 199–226, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-199-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-199-2024, 2024 | 5,187 views
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19 Apr 2021
Uranium incorporation in fluorite and exploration of U–Pb dating
Louise Lenoir, Thomas Blaise, Andréa Somogyi, Benjamin Brigaud, Jocelyn Barbarand, Claire Boukari, Julius Nouet, Aurore Brézard-Oudot, and Maurice Pagel
Geochronology, 3, 199–227, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-199-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-199-2021, 2021 | 5,178 views
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05 Dec 2019
Exploring the advantages and limitations of in situ U–Pb carbonate geochronology using speleothems
Jon Woodhead and Joseph Petrus
Geochronology, 1, 69–84, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-69-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-1-69-2019, 2019 | 5,163 views
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16 Feb 2021
Tools for uranium characterization in carbonate samples: case studies of natural U–Pb geochronology reference materials
E. Troy Rasbury, Theodore M. Present, Paul Northrup, Ryan V. Tappero, Antonio Lanzirotti, Jennifer M. Cole, Kathleen M. Wooton, and Kevin Hatton
Geochronology, 3, 103–122, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-103-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-103-2021, 2021 | 5,152 views
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02 Jul 2020
Technical note: A prototype transparent-middle-layer data management and analysis infrastructure for cosmogenic-nuclide exposure dating
Greg Balco
Geochronology, 2, 169–175, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-169-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-169-2020, 2020 | 5,105 views
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26 May 2021
Towards in situ U–Pb dating of dolomite
Bar Elisha, Perach Nuriel, Andrew Kylander-Clark, and Ram Weinberger
Geochronology, 3, 337–349, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-337-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-337-2021, 2021 | 4,976 views
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03 Feb 2023
Bayesian age–depth modelling applied to varve and radiometric dating to optimize the transfer of an existing high-resolution chronology to a new composite sediment profile from Holzmaar (West Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany)
Stella Birlo, Wojciech Tylmann, and Bernd Zolitschka
Geochronology, 5, 65–90, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-65-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-65-2023, 2023 | 4,902 views
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18 May 2022
Improving age–depth relationships by using the LANDO (“Linked age and depth modeling”) model ensemble
Gregor Pfalz, Bernhard Diekmann, Johann-Christoph Freytag, Liudmila Syrykh, Dmitry A. Subetto, and Boris K. Biskaborn
Geochronology, 4, 269–295, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-269-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-269-2022, 2022 | 4,899 views
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22 Jul 2024
New age constraints reveal moraine stabilization thousands of years after deposition during the last deglaciation of western New York, USA
Karlee K. Prince, Jason P. Briner, Caleb K. Walcott, Brooke M. Chase, Andrew L. Kozlowski, Tammy M. Rittenour, and Erica P. Yang
Geochronology, 6, 409–427, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-409-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-409-2024, 2024 | 4,886 views
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17 Jan 2024
Calibration methods for laser ablation Rb–Sr geochronology: comparisons and recommendation based on NIST glass and natural reference materials
Stijn Glorie, Sarah E. Gilbert, Martin Hand, and Jarred C. Lloyd
Geochronology, 6, 21–36, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-21-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-21-2024, 2024 | 4,881 views
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15 Jun 2022
Simulating sedimentary burial cycles – Part 2: Elemental-based multikinetic apatite fission-track interpretation and modelling techniques illustrated using examples from northern Yukon
Dale R. Issler, Kalin T. McDannell, Paul B. O'Sullivan, and Larry S. Lane
Geochronology, 4, 373–397, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-373-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-373-2022, 2022 | 4,857 views
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18 Dec 2020
High-precision ID-TIMS cassiterite U–Pb systematics using a low-contamination hydrothermal decomposition: implications for LA-ICP-MS and ore deposit geochronology
Simon Tapster and Joshua W. G. Bright
Geochronology, 2, 425–441, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-425-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-425-2020, 2020 | 4,843 views
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11 May 2020
Unifying the U–Pb and Th–Pb methods: joint isochron regression and common Pb correction
Pieter Vermeesch
Geochronology, 2, 119–131, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-119-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-119-2020, 2020 | 4,834 views
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20 Dec 2024
New developments in incremental heating detrital 40Ar∕39Ar lithic (DARL) geochronology using Icelandic river sand
Odinaka Okwueze, Kevin Konrad, and Tomas Capaldi
Geochronology, 6, 683–696, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-683-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-683-2024, 2024 | 4,819 views
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26 Nov 2020
Production of 40Ar by an overlooked mode of 40K decay with implications for K-Ar geochronology
Jack Carter, Ryan B. Ickert, Darren F. Mark, Marissa M. Tremblay, Alan J. Cresswell, and David C. W. Sanderson
Geochronology, 2, 355–365, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-355-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-355-2020, 2020 | 4,718 views
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17 Dec 2024
Technical note: An analytical approach for (U–Th) ∕ He dating of goethite by sample encapsulation in quartz ampoules under vacuum, with an example from the Amerasian Basin, Arctic Ocean
Olga Valentinovna Yakubovich, Natalia Pavlovna Konstantinova, Maria Olegovna Anosova, Mary Markovna Podolskaya, and Elena Valerevna Adamskaya
Geochronology, 6, 653–664, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-653-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-653-2024, 2024 | 4,716 views
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05 Feb 2026
Global and regional Pleistocene benthic δ18O stacks with a comparison of different age modeling strategies
Yuxin Zhou, Lorraine E. Lisiecki, Stephen R. Meyers, Taehee Lee, and Charles Lawrence
Geochronology, 8, 85–107, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-8-85-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-8-85-2026, 2026 | 4,686 views
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24 Oct 2025
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Accuracy and validity of maximum depositional ages in light of tandem (laser ablation and isotope dilution) U–Pb detrital zircon geochronology, including results from northern Alaska
Trystan M. Herriott, James L. Crowley, Marwan A. Wartes, David L. LePain, and Mark D. Schmitz
Geochronology, 7, 513–543, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-513-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-513-2025, 2025 | 4,666 views
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14 Jan 2021
The use of ASH-15 flowstone as a matrix-matched reference material for laser-ablation U − Pb geochronology of calcite
Perach Nuriel, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Maria Ovtcharova, Anton Vaks, Ciprian Stremtan, Martin Šala, Nick M. W. Roberts, and Andrew R. C. Kylander-Clark
Geochronology, 3, 35–47, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-35-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-35-2021, 2021 | 4,629 views
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23 Sep 2020
LA-ICPMS U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon grains from the Coconino, Moenkopi, and Chinle formations in the Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)
George Gehrels, Dominique Giesler, Paul Olsen, Dennis Kent, Adam Marsh, William Parker, Cornelia Rasmussen, Roland Mundil, Randall Irmis, John Geissman, and Christopher Lepre
Geochronology, 2, 257–282, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-257-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2-257-2020, 2020 | 4,627 views
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02 Aug 2021
Short communication: Inverse isochron regression for Re–Os, K–Ca and other chronometers
Yang Li and Pieter Vermeesch
Geochronology, 3, 415–420, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-415-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-415-2021, 2021 | 4,618 views
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22 Mar 2022
Short communication: Modeling competing effects of cooling rate, grain size, and radiation damage in low-temperature thermochronometers
David M. Whipp, Dawn A. Kellett, Isabelle Coutand, and Richard A. Ketcham
Geochronology, 4, 143–152, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-143-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-143-2022, 2022 | 4,612 views
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