Methods and Applications of Geochronology

J. Gregory Shellnutt is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University. His research focuses on the geochemistry and geochronology of magmatic rocks from large igneous provinces, Precambrian mafic dyke swarms, the Central African Orogenic Belt, and the Appalachian Orogeny. He was awarded Young Scientist awards from the Mineralogical Association of Canada and Academia Sinica, the Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan) Outstanding Research Award in 2015 and 2022, and the Ma Ting Ying and Wang Hanzhuo awards from the Geological Society of Taiwan. Greg is currently the Co-Editor-in Chief of Lithos, Associate Editor of Journal of the Geological Society of India, and editorial board member of Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Earth Sciences. Steven W. Denyszyn is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Previous affiliations include the University of Toronto, the Berkeley Geochronology Center, and the University of Western Australia. He primarily uses high-precision U-Pb geochronology to study the timing and rates of igneous processes, particularly large igneous provinces and magmatic ore deposits, as well as mass extinctions, paleocontinental reconstructions, and tectonics. Dr. Kenshi Suga is a Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University. He is the manager of the LA-ICP-MS/MS laboratory and focuses on the development of analytical methods for in situ dating using alpha (U–Pb) and beta (e.g. Lu–Hf, Rb–Sr, Re–Os) decay systems, and provides lectures and hands-training to visiting faculty and graduate students. Over the past ten years, Kenshi has published 26 peer reviewed SCI papers and serves on the editorial board of Frontiers in Earth Science.

1. Introduction to methods and applications of geochronology: A perspective on geological time J. Gregory Shellnutt, Steven W. Denyszyn and Kenshi Suga 2. High-precision CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology of zircon: Materials, methods, and interpretations Urs Schaltegger, Maria Ovtcharova and Blair Schoene 3. Ion microprobe accessory mineral geochronology Axel K. Schmitt, Allen Kennedy and Kevin Chamberlain 4. High-speed UePb age determinations using a laser ablation-ICP-MS technique Takafumi Hirata and Hideki Iwano 5. Zircon fission-track and UePb multi-method geochronology using laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry Hideki Iwano, Tohru Danhara and Takafumi Hirata 6. UeThePb phosphate geochronology by LA-ICP-MS David Chew 7. In situ beta decay dating by LA-ICP-MS/MS: Fundamentals and methodology Thomas Zack and Sarah Gilbert 8. In situ beta decay dating by LA-ICP-MS/MS: applications Sarah E. Gilbert, Stijn Glorie and Thomas Zack 9. The complexities in interpreting Argon isotopes: Chock-full of components Vera Assis Fernandes, Ray Burgess and Hirochika Sumino 10. Obtaining accurate ages of basaltic rocks using 40Ar/39Ar techniques Qiang Jiang and Fred Jourdan 11. Approaches and best practices for dating orogenic processes using 40Ar/39Ar geochronology Dawn A. Kellett, Clare J. Warren and Alfredo Camacho 12. Application of in situ 40Ar/39Ar laser probe analysis to a continental shear belt Chieh-Yu Wu, Meng-Wan Yeh, Ching-Hua Lo and Yun-Chieh Lo 13. A method and application for the integration of geology, geochronology, and paleontology: Case studies for important Mesozoic evolutionary events in East Asia Su-Chin Chang, Rui Pei, Jun Wang and Daran Zheng 14. Growth kinetics of metamorphic minerals and the implications for metamorphic geochronology and geology: some case studies of metamorphic zircon Kazuhiro Miyazaki